BUILDING INNOVATION CAPABILITY IN ORGANIZATIONS

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Series on Technology Management - Vol. 13

BUILDING INNOVATION CAPABILITY IN ORGANIZATIONS

An International Cross-Case Perspective

by Milé Terziovski (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Table of Contents (49k)
Preface (38k)
Chapter 1: Introduction (84k)

About Milé Terziovski

Global competition, shorter product lifecycles and increasingly demanding customers are creating significant pressures for the creation of innovative organizations. By examining eight case studies in various industry sectors in Europe, Australia, Japan and Thailand, this book provides a qualitative explanation of the complex relationships between innovation capability, e-commerce, sustainable development and new product development. The book explores how organizations develop innovation capability through the application of e-commerce, sustainable development-orientation, and new product development in order to gain competitive advantage. This knowledge will help managers, academics and policy-makers understand “what works, and why and how it works” in creating innovation-driven organizations from an international perspective, thereby providing an integrated approach to innovation management.

Contents:

Development of an Integrated Innovation Capability Model
Strategic Shift from Product Orientation to Innovation Solutions Capability in the German Biotechnology Industry: Sartorius AG
Managing Strategic Change Through Mainstream and Newstream Innovation at Eurocopter, France
Leveraging Innovation Capabilities at Caterpillar Underground Mining (UGM) Pty Ltd
Drivers of Innovation Capability at Sun Microsystems (SMS)
Development and Exploitation of Innovation Capability at a Defence Project Engineering Company (DPEC)
Drivers of Innovation Capability for Effective Sustainable Development: Best Practice at Vaisala
Developing Innovation Capability Through Intellectual Property Strategy in the Australian Biotechnology Industry: Starpharma
Development of Innovation Capability at Invincible Company in Thailand
Multiple Cross-Case Analysis: Conclusions and Implications

Readership: Managers, academic lecturers, and management researchers; as a supplementary textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates in innovation and technology management.

“As organizations have downsized and worked on cost reduction for many decades now, and similarly improved their quality and service, they have generally achieved efficiency and process stability outcomes. The next battlefield that will drive the international competitiveness and business outcomes of organizations is innovation. This book, in a highly readable style, presents success stories of international “best” innovation practice companies, informing managers and management researchers “what works, why and how it works” in creating innovative organizations. I strongly recommend it to managers, researchers and lecturers in innovation.”

Dr John Marshall
Director, Orbital Engine Corporation Limited
Chair, Industry Advisory Board, Centre for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The University of Melbourne

“Managers require knowledge on how to create new products, and how to identify and capitalize on opportunities to innovate. Sustainability has clearly begun to assert itself as a driver for innovation. This book justifies the need for continuous innovation based on qualitative evidence from several “best” practice innovative organizations in Australia, Europe and Asia that have effectively integrated sustainable development, e-commerce and new product development in their pursuit of innovation capability. This book demystifies the misconception of innovation as a technically-driven strategy and argues that innovation is the driving force for future survival of organizations. I strongly recommend the book to practitioners and academics.”

Jim Landau
CEO, Telatid Pty Ltd
Chair, The Executive Connection

“Innovation is a complex process, one easily identified as being of critical importance for organizational success, yet not easily understood and managed. The book provides a good balance between rigor and relevance. Terziovski and his co-authors have developed easy-to-read case studies which have practical application at every level of the organization, and are theoretically ground in the innovation literature. I highly recommend this book to managers, professors and researchers.”

Graeme Cocks
Co-author of First XI

276pp		Pub. date: Oct 2007
ISBN: 978-1-86094-765-0 1-86094-765-4		US$97 / £67

276pp		Pub. date: Oct 2007
ISBN: 978-1-86094-999-9(ebook) 1-86094-999-1(ebook)		US$126

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