Building innovation capability in organizations [[electronic resource] ] : an international cross-case perspective / / by Milé Terziovski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777060803321
• Autore: Terziovski Milé
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Imperial College Press; Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-86954-6; 9786611869540; 1-86094-999-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Collana: Series on technology management ; ; v. 13
• Disciplina: 658.4/063
• Soggetti: Technological innovations; International business enterprises; New products; Electronic commerce; Sustainable development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Development of an integrated innovation capability model -- Strategic shift from product orientation to innovative 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 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 deve