Crossing the Valley of Death: Managing the When, What, and How of Innovative Development Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Midler
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Valley Of Death

The last few decades have seen a profound transformation of innovation project management within automobile firms. During the 1990s, the product development phase was revolutionized by the deployment of heavyweight project management, project portfolio processes, and platform strategies. The 2000s saw the forces of change move upstream in the innovation process, with the development of new methodologies intended to develop and orient creativity, as well as new upfront units acting as innovation labs. However, many upfront creative endeavors still encounter an innovation valley of death when they move into the rigid and risk-averse development phase. Thus, the frontier of innovative project organization seems to be the ongoing quest to reconcile the emergence of breakthrough innovations in the upfront phase with the more rationalized nature of development phases. Based on a case study of a disruptive low-cost car, this article analyzes how the product development phase can support innovative exploration to overcome the challenge of achieving a major cost breakthrough. We analyze the specific content of the project’s innovations ( fractal innovation) and the management practices and organizations used to implement them. We characterize how such innovative product development can contribute to a new economy of innovative effort within the global innovation funnel of the firm. We compare this global innovation process, where development projects play a major role as a locus for organizational learning, to the customary one in automotive firms, where learning happens essentially in front-end marketing and engineering departments.

scholarly journals How social innovations spread globally through the process of reverse innovation: a case-study from the South Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Cannavale ◽  
Lorenza Claudio ◽  
Michele Simoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Reverse Innovation ◽  
Social Goal ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Innovations

AbstractNowadays, innovation is no longer a peculiarity of developed economies. Indeed, more frequently, it occurs that innovations born in the so called "emerging countries" spread in the advanced ones. This phenomenon is well known as Reverse innovation (RI), and within the global innovation literature about RI, some authors refer to these reversed innovations as developed in order to solve social or economic issues, specific of emerging contexts. However, scholars use to connect innovation with social goal as primary benefit to another phenomenon: i.e., Social innovation (SI). Within the Social innovation literature, there is a lack concerning how it should be undertaken to spread globally. Thus, we applied the Reverse innovation process to Social innovations: through a case-study analysis, we link the two phenomena which have never been explored together in previous studies. The paper aims at understanding how Social innovations spread from emerging to more advanced markets, while implementing this inversion of the flow. Further, we want to explore which is the potential that a Social innovation has in the host market: in other words, if SI could lose, hold, reduce, or increase their original social connotation.

scholarly journals Science for Russia: Innovative Tuning of the Econom

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Svetlana Demidenko ◽  
Evgeny Semenov
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
National Innovation System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Dominant Point ◽  
Deep Integration

The discussion revealed the main positions of researchers on the lines of “state – market” and “national – global”. The dominant point of view is the recognition of the irreplaceability of the market and, above all, the demand for science and innovation on the part of the hightech industry, as well as the recognition of the special role of the state in the development of the institutional environment and the fear of bureaucratization. For all the tempting idea of connecting the country to the global innovation mechanism, the formation of an effective national innovation system (ecosystem) is recognized as more realistic under current conditions. In this regard, the development of human capital and the institutional environment, as well as the digital transformation of the main spheres of the life of society, including the scientific, technological and innovation spheres, are of particular importance. Deep integration of science into the national innovation system is required, which implies the participation of science in the innovation process at all its stages and the connection of science with all types of innovations from technological to organizational.

GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX – CHANGE OF PRIORITIES IN EDUCATION AND SCIENCE BEFORE AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
A.Yu. Valyavsky ◽  
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N.V. Uchevatkina ◽  
M.N. Ivanov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Index Change ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article presents an analysis of data from the global innovation ranking of countries during a pandemic. The emphasis is made on the need to use innovations on the economies of countries through the achievement of mutual cooperation of the triad – government, universities, and the private sector. The place of the Russian Federation in the global innovation process is shown. The innovation profile of the Russian Federation for the period under study shows different dynamics, both negative, mainly, and positive.

The role of clusters in the global innovation strategy of MNEs

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Gugler ◽  
Michael Keller ◽  
Xavier Tinguely
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Patent Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Country Specific ◽  
Theoretical Developments

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the role of clusters as home and host country-specific advantages for multinational enterprises (“MNEs”) in the organization of their internal and external networks to optimize the diffusion and generation of new knowledge. Strategic asset-seeking investment has been a major driver of the internalization of innovation activities performed by MNEs abroad. This paper demonstrates the attractiveness of foreign clusters in the global innovation process of MNEs. The main assumption is that location within innovative clusters may foster the ability of firms to generate new innovations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper illustrates the theoretical developments through the example of firms located in the Basel pharmaceutical clusters which have invested in other clusters abroad. Findings – The results are based on an in-depth patent data analysis and confirm the importance of clusters in an innovation-driven industry. Originality/value – This paper focuses on the role of clusters as home and host country-specific advantages for “MNEs” in the organization of their internal and external networks to optimize the diffusion and generation of new knowledge. Strategic asset-seeking investment has been a major driver of the internalization of innovation activities performed by MNEs abroad. This paper demonstrates the attractiveness of foreign clusters in the global innovation process of MNEs. The main assumption is that location within innovative clusters may foster the ability of firms to generate new innovations. This paper illustrates the theoretical developments through the example of firms located in the Basel pharmaceutical clusters which have invested in other clusters abroad. The results are based on an in-depth patent data analysis and confirm the importance of clusters in an innovation-driven industry.

Projectification

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-564
Author(s):  
Christophe Midler
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Innovation Processes

Purpose The last few decades have seen the rapid emergence of two transformative streams in large firms. The first is the development of project management, aimed at improving the performance of innovation management, while the second, the internationalization of innovation organizations and processes in response to strategies of redeployment toward emerging countries. Both streams have been closely analyzed in the fields of project management and international management, respectively. However, the links between the two have been less studied. The purpose of this paper is to consider the hypothesis that a firm’s projectification might have an important impact on its pattern of internationalization in innovation. Design/methodology/approach First, we present the models of internationalization of innovation processes used in the multinational corporation literature. This field essentially focuses on the components of permanent organizations: global internationalization strategy and legacy, R&D footprint, characterization of local subsidiaries and the role of central head offices. Projects figure only as a context in which those elements operate, not as a structuring variable of the global innovation process pattern. The authors challenge this view by exploring whether the specificities of the firm’s projectification pattern can influence how it builds its global innovation process. The paper is based on a longitudinal case where the authors analyze the organizational transition within the Renault group, an emblematic case of a multinational that implemented a spectacular internationalization transition in the 2000s. Findings Our results demonstrate project organizing’s major impact on the internationalization patterns of innovation processes within the firm. They show how the deployment of a polycentric innovation footprint has been the consequence of a specific projectification transition, giving the project and program functions the autonomy to transgress centralized product development norms to adapt their project to the local environment; use the initial breakthrough project as the foundation for a new and specific global product development network through a lineage logic; and sustain this innovation global network as a permanent process of the firm. Research limitations/implications The paper demonstrates the importance of the organization’s projectification characteristics as an important vector for successfully implementing the most advanced internationalization strategies (i.e. reverse innovation) and innovation processes models (i.e. integrated networks). Practical implications The paper characterizes project management related conditions that can govern the success of innovation strategies in high-growth emerging countries: the autonomy and empowerment of project functions; colocation and integration of teams; existence of a program function; and HR policies capable of supporting lineage management and project-to-project learning processes. Originality/value Bridging project management literature with multinational management literature. Demonstrate the key impact of projectification on internationalization pattern of the firm. Longitudinal analysis of a firm internationalization transition on a ten-year period.

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY ACTIVITIES AT INNOVATIVE-ACTIVE ENTERPRISES

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-309
Author(s):  
Marta Kopytko ◽  
Mariya Fleychuk ◽  
Mariana Veresklia ◽  
Nataliia Petryshyn ◽  
Andriy Kalynovskyy
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
The Impact

The article identifies the fundamental problems of innovation as a factor in strengthening the economic security of an enterprise in the context of globalization and integration of the world’s economic space. The factors that have a direct impact on innovation activity both in the country and in the world have been investigated. Clustering of individual countries was carried out and Ukraine’s place among them was determined according to the Global Innovation Index. Using the software packages MS Excel and CurveExpert 5.0, a study of the index of innovative efficiency in Ukraine was carried out; dynamics of financing innovative activities in Ukraine, as well as the impact of the level of capital investment on the volume of financing innovative activities. It is proposed to assess the level of economic security of an enterprise based on indicators of its innovative development. The features of interpreting the concept of “innovative activity of enterprises” have been investigated. The sequence and interconnection of such categories as innovative potential, innovative activity, and innovative activity are analyzed. The structure of the process of innovation activity has been investigated. The rhombus of innovative activity is analyzed, which is formed from the following elements: receptivity to new things – provision of resources – communication and organization of the innovation process – a measure of competence. In the study of the specifics of the management of innovative-active enterprises, the analysis of the features and comparison of the differences between innovation activity and other types of economic activity was carried out. The structure of the process of managing innovatively active enterprises has been developed, taking into account aspects of the safety of activities. The prospect of further research identified a thorough analysis of the features of the management process of innovatively active enterprises, considering the impact of global risks and threats. The principal purpose of the article is to study the essence and main characteristics of innovatively active enterprises in the study's context of the security aspect.

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