| About the authors |
| Preface to the Fourth Edition |
| Acknowledgements |
| How to use this book |
| Part 1 Managing Innovation. |
| 1 Innovation - what it is and why it matters |
| 1.1 Introduction |
| 1.2 Why innovation matters |
| 1.3 Old question, new context |
| 1.4 What is innovation? |
| 1.5 A process view of innovation |
| Exploring different aspects of innovation |
| Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| 2 Innovation as a core business process. |
| 2.1 Introduction |
| 2.2 Variations on a theme |
| 2.3 Evolving models of the process |
| 2.4 Can we manage innovation? |
| 2.5 Learning to manage innovation - building and developing routines across the core process |
| 2.6 Measuring innovation success |
| 2.7 What do we know about successful innovation management? |
| 2.8 Success routines in innovation management |
| 2.9 Beyond the steady state Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| Part 2 Context. |
| 3 Building the innovative organization. |
| 3.1 Shared vision, leadership and the will to innovate |
| 3.2 Appropriate organization structure |
| 3.3 Key individuals |
| 3.4 High involvement in innovation |
| 3.5 Effective team working |
| 3.6 Creative climate |
| 3.7 Boundary spanning |
| 3.8 Beyond the steady state |
| Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| 4 Developing an innovation strategy. |
| 4.1 ÆRationalistÆ or æincrementalistÆ strategies for innovation? |
| 4.2 The dynamic capabilities of firms |
| 4.3 Appropriating the benefits from innovation |
| 4.4 Technological trajectories |
| 4.5 Developing firm-specific competencies |
| 4.6 Globalization of innovation |
| 4.7 Enabling strategy making Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| Part 3 Search. |
| 5 Sources of innovation. |
| 5.1 Where do innovations come from? |
| 5.2 Knowledge push? |
| 5.3 Need pull? |
| 5.4 Whose needs? |
| 5.5 Towards mass customization |
| 5.6 Users as innovators |
| 5.7 Extreme users |
| 5.8 Watching others |
| 5.9 Recombinant innovation |
| 5.10 Regulation |
| 5.11 Futures and forecasting |
| 5.12 Accidents |
| 5.13 A framework for looking at innovation source |
| 5.14 How to search |
| 5.15 Balancing exploitation and exploration |
| 5.16 Absorptive capacity |
| 5.17 Tools and mechanisms to enable search |
| 5.18 Two dimensions of innovation search |
| 5.19 A map of innovation search space |
| Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| 6 Innovation networks. |
| 6.1 No man is an island? |
| 6.2 The æspaghettiÆ model of innovation |
| 6.3 Innovation networks |
| 6.4 Networks at the start-up |
| 6.5 Networks on the inside |
| 6.6 Networks on the outside |
| 6.7 Learning networks |
| 6.8 Networks into the unknown |
| 6.9 Managing innovation networks Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| Part 4 Select. |
| 7 Decision making under uncertainty. |
| 7.1 Introduction |
| 7.2 Meeting the challenge of uncertainty |
| 7.3 The funnel of uncertainty |
| 7.4 Decision making for incremental innovation |
| 7.5 Building the business case |
| 7.6 Building coalitions |
| 7.7 Spreading the risk - building a portfolio |
| 7.8 Decision making at the edge |
| 7.9 Mapping the selection space Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| 8 Building the innovation case. |
| 8.1 Developing the business case |
| 8.2 Forecasting innovation |
| 8.3 Estimating the adoption of innovations |
| 8.4 Assessing risk, recognizing uncertainty |
| 8.5 Anticipating the resources Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| Part 5 Implement. |
| 9 Creating new products and services. |
| 9.1 Processes for new product development |
| 9.2 Influence of technology and markets on commercialization |
| 9.3 Differentiating products |
| 9.4 Building architectural products |
| 9.5 Commercializing technological products |
| 9.6 Implementing complex products |
| 9.7 Service innovation |
| Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| 10 Exploiting new ventures. |
| 10.1 What is a venture? |
| 10.2 Internal corporate venturing |
| 10.3 Joint venture and alliances |
| 10.4 Spin-outs and new ventures |
| Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| Part 6 Capture. |
| 11 Capturing the benefits of innovation. |
| 11.1 Creating value through innovation |
| 11.2 Innovation and firm performance |
| 11.3 Exploiting knowledge and intellectual property |
| 11.4 Broader economic and social benefits |
| Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |
| 12 Capturing learning from innovation. |
| 12.1 What have we learned about managing innovation? |
| 12.2 How can we continue to learn to manage innovation? |
| 12.3 Learning to manage innovation |
| 12.4 Tools to help capture learning |
| 12.5 Innovation auditing |
| 12.6 Developing innovation management capability |
| 12.7 Using the framework |
| 12.8 Variations on a theme |
| 12.9 Final thoughts Summary and further reading |
| Web links |
| References |