
Innovation management in the ICT sector : how frontrunners stay ahead
Title:
Innovation management in the ICT sector : how frontrunners stay ahead
Author:
Huizenga, Edward.
ISBN:
9781843765677
9781845422240
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2004.
Physical Description:
ix, 179 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Pt. I. Innovation Management -- 1. Exploring Innovation in the ICT Sector -- 2. Key Success Factors in Innovation Management: Recent Contributions -- 3. The Nature of Strategy -- 4. The Organisation of Innovation -- Pt. II. Research Design & Methodology -- 5. The Case Survey Research Method -- Pt. III. The Management Practice -- 6. Strategy and Innovation Performance -- 7. Organisation, Process and Innovation Performance -- 8. What Differentiates the Frontrunners?
Abstract:
"Edward Huizenga explores how knowledge and service intensive companies can thrive on innovation and entrepreneurship in the ICT sector. He applies new theoretical insights from strategy and organization theory, and includes case studies of 30 European service companies. These case studies address the key innovation issues and present answers as to why a constant search for innovation improves firms' competitive position. The key success factors are identified together with those differences that define the frontrunners who are able to turn new ideas into profit." "With its mix of academic insights, managerial practices and implementations, this book benchmarks company performance in innovation and develops new theoretical strategy insights including resource-based ideas; firm's innovation styles; strategic timing; the customer's involvement and the management implications."
"Innovation Management in the ICT Sector is aimed at, and will be of value to, a readership of academics in the area of strategic management, organisation and innovation, policymakers involved in innovation and economic growth at all levels of government as well as managers in the ICT sector."--BOOK JACKET.