Innovation and IT in an International Context
R&D strategy and operations
Published on 23. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 288 pages
978-1-349-46336-7 (ISBN)
Description
Innovation and IT are intertwined. In order to understand how, this book takes an interdisciplinary view of innovation in an international and digital world. It addresses strategic and operational aspects of R and D and new product development, emphasizing knowledge management, configurational design, distance and diversity.
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Edition
1st ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XVIII, 288 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-46336-7 (9781349463367)
DOI
10.1057/9781137336132
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04/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Frantz Rowe is a professor in the Institute of Economics and Management at Nantes University, France. His research conducted at SKEMA Business School and LEMNA includes information systems and knowledge integration (particularly ERP and PLM systems), inter-organizational information systems and IS-enabled organizational transformation. Frantz is past president of AIM, Head of Master in Consulting and Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Information Systems.
Dov Te'eni holds the Mexico Chair for Information Systems at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He studies how computers support people working and sharing knowledge. He is past President of AIS - the International Association of Information Systems. He also serves as an academic director of the Orange Institute for Internet Research at Tel Aviv University. Dov was awarded the AIS Fellowship in 2008.
Dov Te'eni holds the Mexico Chair for Information Systems at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He studies how computers support people working and sharing knowledge. He is past President of AIS - the International Association of Information Systems. He also serves as an academic director of the Orange Institute for Internet Research at Tel Aviv University. Dov was awarded the AIS Fellowship in 2008.
Content
PART I: STRATEGIZING THE R AND D FUNCTION 1. International Open Innovation: Taking Stock and Moving Forward 2. The Organization of the Knowledge and Inventive Performance 3. Industrial Clustering and Innovative Output PART II: SUPPORT FOR R AND D COORDINATION AND DESIGN 4. Why Innovative Design Requires New Scientific Foundations for Manageable Identities of Systems 5. Configurational Thinking and Value Creation from Digital Innovation: the Case of Product Lifecycle Management Implementation 6. Coordination of R and D and Communities of Practice in Multinational Companies 7. Effects of Product Lifecycle Management on the Reliability of New Product Development: the Case of Co-development with China PART III: INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 8. Helping Global Software Development Teams Overcome the Challenges of Temporal Dispersion and National Diversity: the Importance of Leadership Roles 9. IT Use and Dispersed NPD Project Performance: the Mediating Role of Coordination 10. 'Looking for trouble' in Global ISD and NPD Outsourcing Projects 11. Market, Technological and Process Management knowledge in NPD Projects and the Value of New Products