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Managing Joint Innovation

How to balance trust and control in strategic alliances

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Francis Bidault

    1. ESMT European School of Management and Technology, Germany

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The world of alliances

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    Pages 1-16

  3. The era of alliances

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    Pages 17-43

  4. Cooperation casualty

    • Francis Bidault
    Pages 44-61

  5. Relational quality

    • Francis Bidault
    Pages 62-97

  6. The life of an alliance

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    Pages 98-128

  7. Strategy formulation and partner selection

    • Francis Bidault
    Pages 129-158

  8. Alliance negotiation and formation

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    Pages 159-185

  9. Alliance operation and turnaround

    • Francis Bidault
    Pages 186-208

  10. Alliance recovery and termination

    • Francis Bidault
    Pages 209-229

  11. Monitoring relational quality

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    Pages 230-252

  12. Conclusion

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    Pages 253-256

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 257-300
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About this book

'Open Innovation' is good up to a certain point, past a certain level, however, it becomes extremely dangerous. It is crucial therefore that a companies 'sweet spot', the optimum point where open innovation is beneficial, is found before it becomes hazardous. Using strong research Francis Bidault guides the reader through this innovation journey.

Authors and Affiliations

  • ESMT European School of Management and Technology, Germany

    Francis Bidault

About the author

FRANCIS BIDAULT is a professor at ESMT European School of Management and Technology. Before joining ESMT, he was a professor of strategy and innovation management at Theseus Institute. Prior to that, he served on the faculty of IMD and EM Lyon. His areas of expertise cover industry analysis, the management of alliances and the management of innovation. He has been a consultant to numerous organizations including IBM Services, Philips Semiconductors, Bosch Power Tools, Baxter Renal, France Télécom, Electricité de France, ST Microelectronics, EADS, Volvo, and TCL in such areas as strategy formulation and organizational structure, industry analysis and forecasting, and product innovation. Francis Bidault was recruited as a member of the jury on the international innovation award at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in January 2000.

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