SUPPORTING SYSTEMS INNOVATION

2000 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
pp. 277-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAWRENCE DOOLEY ◽  
KATHRYN CORMICAN ◽  
SIOBHAN WREATH ◽  
DAVID O'SULLIVAN
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Organisational Innovation ◽  
Good Management Practice

Many researchers and practitioners contend that organisations should respond to changing market need and create competitive advantage through innovation and creativity. Each year, organisations expend significant resources developing new products and processes and yet research shows that more than half of these initiatives fail. Successful organisations are not innovative by accident; they deliberately manage their innovation process. In order to effectively manage the innovation process, organisations must utilise proven approaches to "lever" innovation within the organisation. This paper proposes an approach to managing systems innovation that centres on the process of organisational innovation and good management practice. This approach aims to provide a more integrated approach to systems innovation that will make it more systemic and improve its likelihood of success. This paper's main objective is to present a Systems Innovation Self-Assessment (SISA) tool. This tool is derived from the Systems Innovation Management approach, together with the findings of a series of case studies undertaken of the Irish manufacturing industry. This tool allows organisations to assess their progress towards developing an environment supportive of systems innovation. A number of observations obtained from these case studies are also presented.

scholarly journals Role of Knowledge in Management of Innovation

Resources ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Yury Nurulin ◽  
Inga Skvortsova ◽  
Iosif Tukkel ◽  
Marko Torkkeli
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Organizational Resource ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Systemic Understanding

Knowledge has always been, and still is, a crucial source of economy. However, during the past few years we have seen a growing interest in treating knowledge as a significant organizational resource for innovation. This trend coincides with the rapid development of ICT, indicating the strong influence that ICTs have on the processes of creating, disseminating, and using knowledge. At present, issues of innovation management and knowledge management are studied independently, which creates a certain gap in the systemic understanding of the innovation development processes. The paper proposes an integrated approach to the issues mentioned. The hierarchy and taxonomy of knowledge are considered from the point of view of their influence on decision-making at different stages of the innovation lifecycle. Our proposition complements and contributes to several recent models of decision-making developed in the frame of the innovation process.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing the Innovation Process – Trends and Outlook

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim Kotsemir ◽  
Dirk Meisner
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Process Understanding ◽  
Process Trends

Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2249782 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2249782This paper introduces the evolving understanding and conceptualization of innovation process models. From the discussion of different approaches towards the innovation process understanding and modeling two types of approaches to the evolution of innovation models are developed and discussed. First the so-called innovation management approach which focuses on the evolution of the company innovation management strategies in different socioeconomic environments. Second is the analysis the evolution of innovation models themselves in conceptual sense (conceptual approach) as well as analysis of theoretical backgrounds and requirements for these models.The main focus of analysis in this approach is on advantages and disadvantages of different innovation models in their ability to describe the reality of innovation processes. The paper focuses on the advantages and disadvantages as well as potentials and limitations of the approaches and also proposes potential future developments of innovation models as well as the analysis of driving forces that underlie the evolution of innovation models recently.Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2249782 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2249782

scholarly journals Analysis and Evaluation of Control System of Higher Education in Modern Conditions in Kazakhstan

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
U. Zh. Aliyev ◽  
А.B. Uchkampirova ◽  
G.A. Kojahmetova ◽  
T.A. Azatbek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education System ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Higher Education System

 Abstract-This research paper seeks to study the status of higher education in Kazakhstan, experiencing a process of reform of the system, which is caused by internal and external causes. Internal causes related to the adaptation to market conditions of operation and development, external - with integration into the world educational space. Kazakhstan's education is associated with the development of the profound changes of the intellectual, cultural and economic potential. Education System Management - one of the most pressing problems, having a direct relation to the quality and efficiency of the educational institutions. The forms and methods of education management is largely dependent on the characteristics of the country's economic and cultural traditions, the specifics of government and, above all, related to the market economy. Optimization of educational innovation management requires a scientific and methodical study. In the study, there is the need to implement the following types of resources: information, technological, legal, financial, human, social [1]. However, the focus on foreign models of educational process management excessively performed in the higher education system of Kazakhstan, there is a weak focus innovation on solving urgent problems of higher education, the lack of an integrated approach to the creation of educational innovation, which would provide them with the necessary resources, formed the optimal internal and external innovation environment that does not allow to create a balanced mechanism in the process of reforming the higher education system. The results of innovative practices show that higher education everywhere manifest social insecurity innovation. This is reflected in the growing gap in the interests of the major participants in the innovation process - the initiators, organizers and perpetrators; weakened by motivational resource of educational innovations, in particular, because of the unjustifiable expectations of the changes taking place; It is also seen social and technological insecurity educational innovation. This actualizes the problem of optimization of social management innovation in higher education [2].   Keywords: State obligatory standard of education, European Higher Education Area, National Testing Center, Higher Education, Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute, Akkreditierung für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik, International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education

EMERGENCE OF INNOVATION CHAMPIONS: DIFFERENCES IN THE R&D COLLABORATION PROCESS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (08) ◽  
pp. 1840008 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS HAMADI ◽  
JENS LEKER ◽  
KLAUS MEERHOLZ
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Organisational Innovation ◽  
Dynamic View ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
Collaboration Process ◽  
The Right

Innovation champions have been subject in various innovation management studies which showed that the existence of innovation champions is beneficial for innovation projects in various ways. However, innovation champion theory lacks understanding at what point in various innovation phases different innovation champions promote a project. By taking a dynamic view on the emergence of innovation champions in the inter-organisational innovation process, we show that it is not important that innovation champions exist all the time in an open innovation project, but at the right time. Furthermore, by analysing science-industry R&D collaboration projects, we provide insights in the innovation champion differences between science and industry partners and in the specific contributions these roles make for each partner.

scholarly journals Profiting from collaborative innovation practices: Identifying organizational success factors along the process

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 239-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Anzola-Román ◽  
Cristina Bayona-Sáez ◽  
Teresa García-Marco
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Context Factors ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
Internal Context

AbstractResearch on innovation management has pointed out that the capitalization of collaborative innovation practices is influenced by firms’ internal context. This paper aims to answer the following question: which organizational factors help to overcome the challenges that firms face in the different phases of the collaborative innovation process? For this purpose, previous literature is revised and three case studies are analyzed by means of applying a framework that structures the collaborative innovation process in three areas of relevance (i.e., development, integration and commercialization of the innovation). The results of the analysis inform the proposal of a theoretical framework that identifies the organizational context factors that determine the success or failure of collaborative innovation practices in each of the stages of the process.

TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 1340002
Author(s):  
AXEL ZWECK
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
Integrated Technology ◽  
Technological Forecasting ◽  
Technological Assessment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Application Fields

The issues of innovation accompanying measures like technology forecasting, technology assessment, evaluation, technology transfer, and others are discussed frequently but handled more or less separately in practice. The lack of adjustment between these innovation accompanying measures causes a suboptimal result in supporting the innovation process. The development of the nanotechnology funding strategy in Germany which was guided by an integrated approach of technology and innovation management activities is presented in the following article. This approach is discussed as a way to overcome this deficit of insufficient conjunction between innovation accompanying measures. This activity ranges from technological forecasting activities, the definition of application fields and market surveys to early technological assessment activities in different dimensions combined with communication measures. The integrated approach facilitated the early detection of relevant actors of further innovation process as well as possible "show stoppers" and corresponding actions. Herewith, the importance of accompanying innovation measures and their adjustment in research funding of new technologies is underlined.

scholarly journals A MODEL OF CREATIVE HERITAGE FOR INDUSTRY: DESIGNING NEW RULES WHILE PRESERVING THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF RULES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 141-150
Author(s):  
Honorine Harlé ◽  
Pascal Le Masson ◽  
Benoit Weil
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Present System ◽  
Innovative Capability ◽  
Current Change ◽  
A Site ◽  
Do So

AbstractIn industry, there is at once a strong need for innovation and a need to preserve the existing system of production. Thus, although the literature insists on the necessity of the current change toward Industry 4.0, how to implement it remains problematic because the preservation of the factory is at stake. Moreover, the question of the evolution of the system depends on its innovative capability, but it is difficult to understand how a new rule can be designed and implemented in a factory. This tension between preservation and innovation is often explained in the literature as a process of creative destruction. Looking at the problem from another perspective, this article models the factory as a site of creative heritage, enabling creation within tradition, i.e., creating new rules while preserving the system of rules. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the model. The paper shows that design in the factory relies on the ability to validate solutions. To do so, the design process can explore and give new meaning to the existing rules. The role of innovation management is to choose the degree of revision of the rules and to make it possible.

Complexity, Networks & Learning: Integrative Themes for Research on Innovation Management

1997 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Tidd
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
New Product ◽  
Innovation Network ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
Market Knowledge ◽  
Management Of Innovation ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
Process Complexity

Research on the management of innovation has been highly fragmented, and to a large extent non-cumulative. Much of the research has been conducted within three separate disciplines, with relatively little overlap or interaction: the management of research and development or technology; new product development and marketing; and organisational development and change. In this paper, we identify a number of emergent themes which have the potential to integrate these diverse streams of research, and result in a more comprehensive model of the innovation process: complexity, networks and learning. We argue that the innovation process is inherently complex, and therefore we need better characterisations of the technological, market and organisational contingencies which affect the opportunity for innovation. With growing complexity, the focus shifts from competencies based on internal assets such as R&D activities and intellectual property, to the position of a firm within an innovation network and competencies based on its relationships with other organisations. Finally, too much research has been pre-occupied with how firms develop and exploit narrow competencies based on prior experience, rather than how firms acquire new competencies. A focus on organisational learning may provide a richer explanation of the organisational factors which affect the acquisition of new technological and market knowledge.

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