TBM in Innovation Management: Case Study Chemicals/Pharma Industry

Sustainable innovations try to resolve complex challenges related to climate change. Co-creation with diverse stakeholders in innovation networks opens opportunities to successfully develop and implement sustainable innovations. However, collaboration between heterogeneous partners poses challenges at the level of stakeholder relationship management that affect the progress of innovation development. This study’s purpose is to investigate how co-creation processes that develop sustainable and climate-neutral high-tech innovations in the greenhouse horticultural industry should be structured and how stakeholder relationship management affects the progress of innovation development. Design methodology is linked with innovation management literature. A case study observed seven innovation trajectories that developed energy saving and climate-neutral growing techniques in the greenhouse horticultural industry in Flanders (Belgium) and The Netherlands over a period of three years. In-depth interviews (n = 13) were conducted to have the partners reflect on the co-creation process. Results show that co-creation management should focus on team composition, partner alignment and transparent communication about intentions, expectations and role division throughout the process. The initial stages of a co-creation process are crucial for context mapping and creation of team cohesion and do affect the subsequent stages in the process. Besides, in sustainable high-tech contexts, co-creation facilitators are faced with the need for technical knowledge and skills.

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Notice of Retraction: Key Points on Implementing Performance Management - Case Study of a Joint Venture in Hunan Province

2009 International Forum on Information Technology and Applications ◽

10.1109/ifita.2009.170 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Chen Hongming ◽

Bin Yan

Keyword(s):

Performance Management ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Key Points ◽

Management Case Study

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INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH BORN GLOBAL SPIN-ALONG VENTURES — A CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS OF TELEKOM INNOVATION LABORATORIES' VENTURE PORTFOLIO

International Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1142/s1363919614400076 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 (03) ◽

pp. 1440007 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SARAH MAHDJOUR ◽

SEBASTIAN FISCHER

Keyword(s):

Innovation Management ◽

Special Kind ◽

Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽

Domestic Market ◽

Perceived Threat ◽

Study Approach ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Early Internationalisation ◽

Cross Case Analysis

This study investigates a special kind of corporate ventures, so called spin-along ventures, and their motivations to internationalise early. Insights are built from a multiple case study approach, investigating the spin-along program of Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs). Our results show that early internationalisation can avoid or reduce challenges that spin-alongs face when entering the domestic market. Four major motivations for early internationalisation could be identified: (1) avoid termination based on the parent's perceived threat of cannibalisation of existing products, (2) enable a venture's collaboration with competitors, (3) overcome restrictions of parental assets in the domestic market, and (4) address markets that offer greater chances for success than the domestic market does. Based on our findings we derive concrete implications for practitioners and academics in the field of innovation management.

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