Knowledge Integration and Innovation : Critical Challenges Facing International Technology-based Firms / Edited by CHRISTIAN BERGGREN and 4 others.

Contributor(s):

Berggren, Christian

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford: University Press, 2011.Description: viii, 297 p. : illustrationsISBN:

9780199666324 (paperback)
9780199693924

Subject(s):

Technological innovations

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Contents:

1. Exploring Knowledge Integration and Innovation / Christian Berggren, Anna Bergek, Lars Bengtsson and Jonas Söderlund -- 2. Knowledge Integration and Innovation : a Survey of the Field / Fredrik Tell -- 3. Knowledge Integration and Creation in Projects : towards a Progressive Epistemology / Lars Lindkvist, Marie Bengtsson and Linnea Wahlstedt -- 4. Inventors as Innovators and Knowledge Integrators / Hans Andersson and Christian Berggren -- 5. Participants in the Process of Knowledge Integration / Jonas Söderlund and Karin Bredin -- 6. Knowledge Integration Processes in New Product Development : on the Dynamics of Deadlines and Architectures / Thomas Magnusson and Nicolette Lakemond -- 7. Knowledge Integration in Inter-firm R&D Collaboration : how do Firms Manage Problems of Coordination and Cooperation? / Mattias Johansson, Mattias Axelson, Cecilia Enberg and Fredrik Tell -- 8. Knowledge Integration in a P-form Corporation : project Epochs in the Evolution of Asea/ABB 1945-2000 / Jonas Söderlund and Fredrik Tell -- 9. Knowledge Integration Challenges when Outsourcing Manufacturing / Lars Bengtsson, Mandar Dabhilkar and Robin von Haartman -- 10. Trade-Offs in Make-Buy Decisions : Exploring Operating Realities of Knowledge Integration and Innovation / Mandar Dabhilkar and Lars Bengtsson -- 11. Creative Accumulation : integrating New and Established Technologies in Periods of Discontinuous Change / Anna Bergek, Christian Berggren and Thomas Magnusson -- 12. Lessons and Insights for Managers / Mike Hobday and Anna Bergek.

Summary: "Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation, and are continuously required to present new solutions to an exacting market. As technological complexity and specialization intensifies, firms increasingly need to integrate and co-ordinate knowledge by means of project groups, diversified organizations, inter-organizational partnerships, and strategic alliances. Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary, collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledge integration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern firms. This book provides original, detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal organizations, to collaboration between firms. It stresses the need to understand knowledge integration as a multi-level phenomenon, which requires a broad repertoire of organizational and technical means. It further clarifies the need for strong internal capabilities for exploiting external knowledge, reveals how costs of knowledge integration affect outcomes and strategic decisions, and discusses the managerial implications of fostering knowledge integration, providing practical guidance and support for managers of knowledge integration in high technology enterprises." --Descripción del editor.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dept. of Futures Studies Processing Center	Dept. of Futures Studies	Entrepreneurship Development Cell	658.421 KNO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DFSEDC142

"First Edition published in 2011, First published in paperback 2013, Impression: 1"--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation, and are continuously required to present new solutions to an exacting market. As technological complexity and specialization intensifies, firms increasingly need to integrate and co-ordinate knowledge by means of project groups, diversified organizations, inter-organizational partnerships, and strategic alliances. Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary, collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledge integration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern firms. This book provides original, detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal organizations, to collaboration between firms. It stresses the need to understand knowledge integration as a multi-level phenomenon, which requires a broad repertoire of organizational and technical means. It further clarifies the need for strong internal capabilities for exploiting external knowledge, reveals how costs of knowledge integration affect outcomes and strategic decisions, and discusses the managerial implications of fostering knowledge integration, providing practical guidance and support for managers of knowledge integration in high technology enterprises." --Descripción del editor.

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