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Typology for Innovative Organizations

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To my opinion, Mintzberg’s work was a refreshing change to the world of organization design that until then has been largely influenced by Taylor’s Scientific Management Approach and Henry Ford’s efficiency-based adaptation of that. Let me show you how the focus of organization design has changed over the years: Scholar.

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

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In the Schumpetarian view, opportunities arise from the internal willingness to change the industry. The entrepreneur is an innovator and disturbs the economy (De Jong & Marsili, 2010; Schumpeter, 1934). Shane, 2003). Is it easy to create autonomous team and projects? Are managers prepared to allow experimentation?

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Principles of open innovation

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Let’s take a closer look at the principles of open innovation according to Chesbrough (2003). Balancing external and internal R&D activities is key to achieving higher levels of innovation. R&D generates new knowledge via process or product innovation and it increases a company’s absorptive capacity.