Innovation Management: Systemic Framework and China's Exploration
- 8h 3m
- Gang Zheng, Jin Chen
- McGraw-Hill
- 2019
The key for lasting competitive advantage lies in embracing innovation as a core value and managing it effectively. Innovation Management provides a comprehensive overview of innovation theory and a framework for implementation, intended for business school students of Innovation Management, managers, and practitioners alike. In this new text, authors Jin Chen and Gang Zheng examine innovation from the perspectives of strategy, internal processes, resource management, and organizational culture. Numerous case studies, illustrating both successes and failures in innovation, include Tesla, P&G, Apple, Uber, Google, NVIDIA, Haier Group, Motorola, and Nokia.
Starting from a systematic introduction to the types, process and models of innovation, the authors present a strategical management framework that includes models for indigenous innovation, total innovation, open innovation and holistic innovation. They outline the key roles played by management of capital, information and knowledge systems, human resources, and IP rights. Organizational systems that are designed to stimulate innovation within the corporation are detailed, and finally the authors examine the future of innovation management, focusing the need for sustainable innovation that recognized the importance of environmental and ecological concerns.
About the Authors
Jin Chen is the professor of innovation management at Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and also the Director of Research Center of Technological Innovation of Tsinghua University. His research areas are managing R&D and technological innovation, and innovation policy, and he has consulted on innovation for many Chinese companies. He has published papers at leading international journals and is now the Editor in Chief for Global Transitions, International Journal of Innovation Studies, International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies and International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship.
Gang Zheng is an associate professor of technology and innovation management and deputy chair of Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, at the School of Management, Zhejiang University, P.R.China. He is also the founding director of Zhejiang University Technology Venture Program (ZTVP), as well as Venture-lab of Silicon Valley in Zhejiang University, China. He has published numerous papers in Chinese management studies and continues to be an active scholar in the area of strategic management of technology and innovation, and technology entrepreneurship. He also serves as a consultant and trainer in the fields of technology and innovation management, as well as project management.
In this Book
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Value of Innovation
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Connotations and Types of Innovation
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Process of Innovation
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Effective Management of Innovation
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Innovation Strategies
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Indigenous Innovation
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Total Innovation
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Open Innovation
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Holistic Innovation
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Process Management of Innovation
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The Enterprise Innovation System
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Capital Management in Innovation
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Human Resource Management in Innovation
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System and Culture Design of Innovation
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Innovation and Innovation Management in a Time of Change
