Innovation, Research and Technology Intelligence in the Chemical Industry.
incl. CD-ROM. Integrated Business, Technical and Systems Approaches.
Published on 20. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
1063 pages
978-3-8167-7196-8 (ISBN)
Description
Referring to the U.S. and German chemical industry the book presents structures, processes and organization of corporate innovation and research and their interdependencies and dependency on "technology intelligence". Using selected cases and comparisons for the U.S. and Germany approaches to managing innovation are elaborated in terms of generic processes and well-defined configurational settings which may guide actions. It provides a detailed description of the current status and innovation essentials of the U.S. and German chemical industry, but includes also historical perspectives. The book elaborates systematically intelligence as the basis and key prerequisite for continuous innovation, for research and development and sustainable growth of technology-oriented companies and provides an integrative approach for innovation, corporate chemical research and technology intelligence. Focusing innovation on an information and intelligence problem allows presenting architectural and organizational characteristics and models for "technology intelligence-oriented organizations". The special role of information technology for such an organization is exemplified by presenting the model-compatible business, systems and technical architectures of an operational database-centric intelligence system. Generally the book extends the "what and why" to the "how".
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Innovation, Invention, InnovativenessThe Chemical Industry in National and Supra-National EconomiesPure and Applied ChemistryMethods for Chemical InnovationInnovation and Structuring of FirmsPublicly Traded and Private CompaniesThe Financial Environment, Corporate Governance and Value-Based ThinkingSome Special Aspects for Small- and Medium-Sized FirmsHidden ChampionsThe Charm of Being Private for Managing Innovation: The Cargill and the Würth CasesPublic PerceptionsRegulatory and Sustainability AspectsThe National Science, Technology and IndustryGlobal Reach or Global IndustryMore than JapanInternationalization of R&DInnovations through Co-Evolutions of the Chemical Industry with the Energy Sector and GovernmentThe Research Function as a Company Test Field for Organizational InnovationInformation and Communication Technology for the Chemical Enterprise and InnovationsSupporting Research in the LaboratoryComputer-Supported Work Processes in the Research EnvironmentWork Processes and Organizational SettingsMultinational and Global Organizational StructuresWork Processes, Matrix Structures and DecentralizationFlattened Organizations and Horizontal Bureaucracy"Management Consulting" for the Chemical IndustryManaging People, Leading People and Human ResourcesRevisiting Historical Chemical Innovations, Innovators and Generic Innovation ConfigurationsChemical Innovations in the Agricultural and Early Industrial SocietyChemical Business and Innovation after AlchemyChemical Engineering and Co-Evolution of Oil and ChemicalsTechnological Trajectories and Chemical InnovationsSelected Chemical Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Combining Personality Structures and Teams for InnovationSelected Chemical Innovators and EntrepreneursPersonality Structures and Teams for InnovationInformation - Knowledge -IntelligenceForeknowledge, Technology Forecasting and MegatrendsForecasting TechniquesIonic LiquidsNanotechnology and Chemical NanotechnologyNanotechnology, Intellectual Properties and ResearchNanotechnology and InvestorsThe Chemical Industry in a Biobased Economy"Colored" and White Biotechnology in a Biobased Chemical IndustryResearch, Development and Innovation with Renewable Resources in the Chemical Industry - Green ChemistryBiorefinery Oriented Efforts, Biopolymers, Bioplastics and "Green Orientations"Biodegradable PlasticsResearch and Innovation Architectures and Processes in the Chemical IndustryOutlining the Corporate Research Process for InnovationR&D Management Viewed as a Layered ApproachResearch Activities and the Research Function in the Chemical IndustryResearch, Technology and Technical ServiceResearch and Corporate ScientistsTechnical ServiceResearch Culture and Corporate CultureR&D Expenses and Value ContributionsMeasuring R&D Value