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Typology for Innovative Organizations

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It has been a while since Henry Mintzberg developed his influential work that made us aware of the importance of structures in organization design. Structures are no longer of primary focus in design organizations. Let me show you how the focus of organization design has changed over the years: Scholar. It enhances productivity.

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

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Research has shown that innovation is mostly linked to the Schumpetarian view: innovative companies are more likely to be started by Schumpetarian-type founders (Samuelsson & Davidsson, 2009), are more likely to be started by engineering students (Ilozor et al., Shane, 2003). Entrepreneurial thinking.

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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.