There is currently a broad awareness of open innovation and its relevance to
corporate R&D. The implications and trends that underpin open innovation are
actively discussed in terms of strategic, organizational, behavioral, knowledge,
legal and business perspectives, and its economic implications. This special
issue aims to advance the R&D, innovation, and technology management perspective
by buil... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractThe study, carried out in a large laboratory, shows that performance
increases up to 1. 5 years tenure, stays steady for a time but by five years has
declined noticeably. This tendency is best accounted for by the marked decline
in communication rate among group members and between them and critical external
sources of information. The authors analyse the significance of this finding and
s... hiện toàn bộ
Robert G. Cooper, Scott J. Edgett, Elko J. Kleinschmidt
Portfolio management for product innovation – picking the right set of
development projects – is critical to new product success. This article reports
on the new product portfolio practices and performance of a large sample of
firms in North America. Reasons why portfolio management is important are
identified, followed by the relative popularity of the different portfolio
techniques: financial me... hiện toàn bộ
This paper examines the integration of the human and technological aspects of
innovation management by modelling the innovation stimulus – innovation capacity
relationship in determining innovation performance. The research framework
developed in this study was tested amongst 194 managers of Australian firms. The
survey responses indicate that both the relationships between innovation
stimulus and... hiện toàn bộ
Patrick Spieth, Dirk Schneckenberg, Joan E. Ricart
Business model innovation is receiving increased attention in corporate practice
and research alike. We propose in this article a role‐based approach to
categorize the literature and argue that the respective roles of explaining the
business, running the business, and developing the business can serve as three
interrelated perspectives to present an overview of the current business model
innovatio... hiện toàn bộ
The relation between technological capability and firm performance is more
complex than what is generally assumed. Researchers have not been able to
consistently find empirical support for this apparently ‘simple’ relation. The
objective of this study is to illustrate the theoretical and empirical
complexity of this relation and explain why the use of different measures can
lead to dramatically di... hiện toàn bộ
Eric H. Kessler, Paul E. Bierly, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan
The purpose of this study was to investigate how different technology sourcing
strategies throughout the new product development process influenced innovation
speed, development costs, and competitive advantage. We studied 75 new product
development projects from ten large, U.S.‐based companies in several industries.
Results indicated that: (1) more external sourcing during the early (i.e., idea
g... hiện toàn bộ
Roman Boutellier, Oliver Gassmann, H. Macho, Manfred Roux
In recent years, international corporations such as IBM are increasingly relying
on dispersed R&D teams in order to keep pace with resource availability and the
demands of global markets. The advantages of this approach arise mainly from the
utilization of differences in personnel costs and gaining access to a broader
knowledge base to satisfy the demands of international clients. The
disadvantage... hiện toàn bộ