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Contemporary Management of Innovation
Are We Asking the Right Questions?
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Over time, scholars have become increasingly aware of the inherent complexity of innovation management. The result of a 2004 Copenhagen conference devoted to an evaluation of the innovation management field, this book comprises the chapters of twenty-two European experts. In addressing the following questions, the book challenges existing innovation management theory and dogma and presents new theoretical perspectives. Does the study of innovation management have a future? Is existing theory on agglomeration and clustering valid? How does one measure university-corporate cooperation? How should diffusion processes be analysed? What weight should one assign to networks in designing innovation strategies? What are the consequences of emphasising the "softer" organisational side of the innovation process? Can a sociological reflexive approach improve management awareness of innovative opportunity? How do issues of governance affect the management of technological knowledge? Can ex ante prizes provide a useful incentive supplement to patents and other forms of intellectual property rights?
List of Tables
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION - ARE WE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THINGS?
Introduction: New Tendencies in Society; J.Sundbo
The Rise and Fall of the Management of Innovation; S.Laestadius
From R&D Management to Management of Innovation; M.Meeus
PART 2: THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION AND THE ROLE OF COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND TERRITORIES
Introduction: Diffusion Processes in the Firms and in the Territory; A.Gallina & G.Serin
Co-Publishing and Innovation; P.Cooke
Agglomeration or Cross-Border ICT Cluster?; P.Hansen & G.Serin
Innovation and Firm Consumption; J.Howells
Innovation and Diffusion of Site-Specific Crop Management; S.M.Pedersen & J.L.Pedersen
PART 3: ORGANIZATION OF INNOVATION
Introduction: The Organizational or 'Soft' Aspects of Innovation; J.Sundbo
Do Network Structures follow Innovation Strategy?; M.Meeus, J.Faber & L.A.G.Oerlemans
Strategic Reflexivity as a Framework for Understanding Development in Modern Firms; J.Sundbo & L.Fuglsang
Innovation as Institutional Change; J.Guia, L.Prats & J.Comas
Towards a Better Measurement of the Soft Side of Innovation; P.den Hertog, T.Poot & G.Meinen
PART 4: ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION
Introduction: Information, Knowledge and Appropriability; J.Davis
The Governance of Technological Knowledge; C.Antonelli
Prizes as Incentives; L.Davis & J.Davis
Patent Policies of Small Danish Firms in Three Industries; L.Davis
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
JON SUNDBO is Professor in Business Administration, specializing in innovation and technology management at the Department of Social sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark. As Director of the Centre for Service Studies, he co-ordinates the department's research in innovation and change processes in service and manufacturing. He has published articles in several journals on innovation, entrepreneurship, service and management and has published several books, among these The Theory of Innovation and The Strategic Management of Innovation.
ANDREA GALLINA, PhD in Economics, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences of Roskilde University, Denmark, where he coordinates the Latin American-European Network on Technology Innovation Studies and Co-development, and the Federico Caffé Centre of Studies on Globalization. He has published internationally several articles and books on the socio-economic dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership; the socio-economic impact of free trade on small and medium sized enterprises, innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises in industrial and developing countries.
GÖRAN SERIN is Dr in Economic History and Associated Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at Roskilde University in Denmark. He has long experience within the fields of technology, innovation and regional development. He has particular interest in industrial analysis, especially within low technology where he has published many books and articles. In recent years his research has primarily been focused on the relation between changes in the industrial structure and policies for regional development. Together with local networking organisations he has also been active in developing regional policies within the ICT and the environmental sectors in the Öresund region.
JEROME DAVIS is Professor of Business Economics, Roskilde University He was previously Professor of Public Economics and Policy (1984-1998) at Roskilde University, Denmark, and Visiting Professor International Business Economics (Copenhagen Business School, 1998-2001). An energy specialist (oil and natural gas), he has published extensively on the oil and natural gas industries. A parallel interest has been the economic theory of industrial organization and the function of markets as instruments for innovative activities. He was Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (1988) and has served as the outside board member of the Petro and Petropol research initiatives, the Norwegian Research Council, 1992-2000. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. both from the Johns Hopkins University SAIS.
Description
Over time, scholars have become increasingly aware of the inherent complexity of innovation management. The result of a 2004 Copenhagen conference devoted to an evaluation of the innovation management field, this book comprises the chapters of twenty-two European experts. In addressing the following questions, the book challenges existing innovation management theory and dogma and presents new theoretical perspectives. Does the study of innovation management have a future? Is existing theory on agglomeration and clustering valid? How does one measure university-corporate cooperation? How should diffusion processes be analysed? What weight should one assign to networks in designing innovation strategies? What are the consequences of emphasising the "softer" organisational side of the innovation process? Can a sociological reflexive approach improve management awareness of innovative opportunity? How do issues of governance affect the management of technological knowledge? Can ex ante prizes provide a useful incentive supplement to patents and other forms of intellectual property rights?
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION - ARE WE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THINGS?
Introduction: New Tendencies in Society; J.Sundbo
The Rise and Fall of the Management of Innovation; S.Laestadius
From R&D Management to Management of Innovation; M.Meeus
PART 2: THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION AND THE ROLE OF COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND TERRITORIES
Introduction: Diffusion Processes in the Firms and in the Territory; A.Gallina & G.Serin
Co-Publishing and Innovation; P.Cooke
Agglomeration or Cross-Border ICT Cluster?; P.Hansen & G.Serin
Innovation and Firm Consumption; J.Howells
Innovation and Diffusion of Site-Specific Crop Management; S.M.Pedersen & J.L.Pedersen
PART 3: ORGANIZATION OF INNOVATION
Introduction: The Organizational or 'Soft' Aspects of Innovation; J.Sundbo
Do Network Structures follow Innovation Strategy?; M.Meeus, J.Faber & L.A.G.Oerlemans
Strategic Reflexivity as a Framework for Understanding Development in Modern Firms; J.Sundbo & L.Fuglsang
Innovation as Institutional Change; J.Guia, L.Prats & J.Comas
Towards a Better Measurement of the Soft Side of Innovation; P.den Hertog, T.Poot & G.Meinen
PART 4: ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION
Introduction: Information, Knowledge and Appropriability; J.Davis
The Governance of Technological Knowledge; C.Antonelli
Prizes as Incentives; L.Davis & J.Davis
Patent Policies of Small Danish Firms in Three Industries; L.Davis
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors
JON SUNDBO is Professor in Business Administration, specializing in innovation and technology management at the Department of Social sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark. As Director of the Centre for Service Studies, he co-ordinates the department's research in innovation and change processes in service and manufacturing. He has published articles in several journals on innovation, entrepreneurship, service and management and has published several books, among these The Theory of Innovation and The Strategic Management of Innovation.
ANDREA GALLINA, PhD in Economics, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences of Roskilde University, Denmark, where he coordinates the Latin American-European Network on Technology Innovation Studies and Co-development, and the Federico Caffé Centre of Studies on Globalization. He has published internationally several articles and books on the socio-economic dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership; the socio-economic impact of free trade on small and medium sized enterprises, innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises in industrial and developing countries.
GÖRAN SERIN is Dr in Economic History and Associated Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at Roskilde University in Denmark. He has long experience within the fields of technology, innovation and regional development. He has particular interest in industrial analysis, especially within low technology where he has published many books and articles. In recent years his research has primarily been focused on the relation between changes in the industrial structure and policies for regional development. Together with local networking organisations he has also been active in developing regional policies within the ICT and the environmental sectors in the Öresund region.
JEROME DAVIS is Professor of Business Economics, Roskilde University He was previously Professor of Public Economics and Policy (1984-1998) at Roskilde University, Denmark, and Visiting Professor International Business Economics (Copenhagen Business School, 1998-2001). An energy specialist (oil and natural gas), he has published extensively on the oil and natural gas industries. A parallel interest has been the economic theory of industrial organization and the function of markets as instruments for innovative activities. He was Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (1988) and has served as the outside board member of the Petro and Petropol research initiatives, the Norwegian Research Council, 1992-2000. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D. both from the Johns Hopkins University SAIS.
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