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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts. A well-suited way to govern this approach is to manage a portfolio of initiatives.

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Evolution of Hyperloop: Propelling innovation the Elon Musk way

hackerearth

The aim was to understand how Musk makes these radical innovations possible and how exactly he propels innovation. In 2013, Elon Musk pulled a famous all-nighter to publish a whitepaper on a revolutionary transportation system called Hyperloop. Less than 10% of all innovation falls under this category.

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Innovation and Organizational Culture

Tim Kastelle

After studying innovation among 759 companies based in 17 major markets, Gerard J. Chandy found that corporate culture was a much more important driver of radical innovation than labor, capital, government or national culture. Breakthrough innovators (i.e. Top management is commited to radical innovation efforts.

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The Case for Dual Innovation

Tim Kastelle

Let’s sum up some relevant findings of these studies, making the case for dual innovation management: BCG: Most Innovative Companies 2014 . This trend is even more pronounced among strong innovators, with those pursuing a centralized approach rising from 68 percent in 2013 to 71 percent in 2014.

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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. Like any business function, innovation can be managed. Roland Ortt and Patrick A.

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What is innovation management and why your organization needs it

hackerearth

Understanding Innovation Management. Is it a lack of innovation or an inability to cope with change? Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. Like any business function, innovation can be managed. Roland Ortt and Patrick A.

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Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3

Integrative Innovation

In this final part, we illustrate that successful ambidexterity requires a well-managed hand-over from the explorative to the exploitative set-up. New research: ambidexterity well done is a key driver for innovation performance. A key concept in innovation management is – as we all know- the innovation funnel.