Herzog Open and Closed Innovation

Different Cultures for Different Strategies
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-8349-6165-5
Verlag: Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Gabler
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 265 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Betriebswirtschaftliche Studien in forschungsintensiven Industrien

Philipp Herzog develops a theoretical framework arguing that Open Innovation and Closed Innovation cultures need to be distinguished. The findings help firms cope with the challenges experienced in implementing the Open Innovation concept.

Dr. Philipp Herzog wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jens Leker at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Muenster (Germany). He works as an entrepreneur in the US solar industry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herzog, Philipp

Weitere Mitwirkende

Leker, Jens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword to the 1st edition;6
2;Preface to the 2nd edition;8
3;Preface to the 1st edition;8
4;Table of contents;11
5;Figures;14
6;Tables;15
7;Acronyms;17
8;1 Introduction;19
8.1;1.1 Research problem;19
8.2;1.2 Research questions and objective;23
8.3;1.3 Outline of the thesis;24
9;2 Innovation and the Open Innovation concept;27
9.1;2.1 Definitions and dimensions of innovation;27
9.1.1;2.1.1 Innovation;27
9.1.2;2.1.2 Innovation process;28
9.1.3;2.1.3 Innovation strategy;30
9.1.4;2.1.4 Technological and market dimension of innovation;32
9.2;2.2 Closed and Open Innovation – definitions and underlying rationales;37
9.2.1;2.2.1 Closed Innovation;37
9.2.2;2.2.2 Open Innovation;39
9.2.3;2.2.3 Reasons to follow an Open Innovation approach;41
9.3;2.3 Two aspects of Open Innovation – technology sourcing and technology commercialization;45
9.3.1;2.3.1 Technology sourcing;46
9.3.2;2.3.2 Technology commercialization;57
9.4;2.4 Organizational implementation of the Open Innovation concept;66
9.4.1;2.4.1 Ambidextrous organization and Open Innovation for solving the radical-incremental innovation dilemma;66
9.4.2;2.4.2 The example of Evonik’s Creavis Technologies & Innovation;69
10;3 Innovation culture;76
10.1;3.1 Corporate culture;76
10.1.1;3.1.1 Definition of corporate culture and overview of different research paradigms;76
10.1.2;3.1.2 Measuring corporate culture;81
10.1.3;3.1.3 Typologies of corporate culture;82
10.2;3.2 Innovation culture;85
10.2.1;3.2.1 Research streams related to innovation culture;86
10.2.2;3.2.2 Selected empirical studies on innovation culture and synopsis of major findings;89
10.2.3;3.3 Summary of the literature on Open Innovation and innovation culture;98
11;4 Conceptual framework and hypotheses;100
11.1;4.1 Resource-based approach to Open Innovation;100
11.1.1;4.1.1 Resource-based view and relevance of core competencies for Open Innovation;104
11.1.2;4.1.2 Resource-based view and the role of asymmetries for Open Innovation;106
11.1.3;4.1.3 Resource-based view and innovation culture for Open Innovation;108
11.2;4.2 Hypotheses development;111
11.2.1;4.2.1 Personal characteristics of employees;112
11.2.2;4.2.2 Motivation of employees;115
11.2.3;4.2.3 Attitudes towards external technology sourcing and external technology commercialization ;117
11.2.3.1;4.2.4 Technological opportunism ;127
11.2.3.2;4.2.5 Organizational risk taking;130
11.2.3.3;4.2.6 Freedom to express doubts;133
11.2.3.4;4.2.7 Management support;134
11.3;4.3 Synthesis and implications;138
12;5 Analysis and results;140
12.1;5.1 Research setting – the chemical industry 5.1.1 Overview of the chemical industry;140
12.2;5.1.2 General product classification – commodities and specialty chemicals;141
12.3;5.1.3 Innovation beyond molecules – Open Innovation in the chemical industry;144
12.4;5.2 Sample, data collection, and operationalization of measures;146
12.4.1;5.2.1 Sample and data collection;146
12.4.2;5.2.2 Principles of scale construction;150
12.4.3;5.2.3 Selection of variables;152
12.4.4;5.2.4 Reliability and validity of measures;155
12.4.5;5.2.5 Results of construct operationalization;160
12.5;5.3 Results of analysis ;170
12.5.1;5.3.1 Method;171
12.5.2;5.3.2 Test of assumptions for AN(C)OVA;174
12.5.3;5.3.3 Hypotheses testing;178
13;6 Discussion of findings and implications for theory and practice;194
13.1;6.1 Discussion of findings and theoretical implications 6.1.1 Personal characteristics of employees;194
13.2;6.1.2 Motivation of employees;197
13.3;6.1.3 Not-invented-here syndrome;200
13.4;6.1.4 Not-sold-here syndrome;205
13.5;6.1.5 Technological opportunism;207
13.6;6.1.6 Organizational risk taking;211
13.7;6.1.7 Freedom to express doubts;212
13.8;6.1.8 Management support;214
13.9;6.1.9 Overall implications;215
13.10;6.2 Managerial implications;218
13.11;6.3 Limitations;221
14;7 Summary and conclusion;223
15;Appendices;228
15.1;Appendix 1: Descriptive statistics;229
15.2;Appendix 1: Descriptive statistics (continued);230
15.3;Appendix 2: Local measurement criteria from the overall measurement model;234
15.4;Appendix 2: Local measurement criteria from the overall measurement model (continued);235
15.5;Appendix 3: Fornell-Larcker criterion;239
15.6;Appendix 4: Shapiro-Wilk test (test of normal distribution);240
15.7;Appendix 5: Levene test (test of homogeneity of variances);241
15.8;Appendix 6: SPSS syntaxes for test of homogeneity of regression slopes/ planes SPSS syntax for test of homogeneity of regression;242
15.9;SPSS syntax for test of homogeneity of regression planes (two covariates):;242
15.10;Appendix 7: Test of homogeneity of regression slopes/ planes;243
16;References;244

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Philipp Herzog wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jens Leker at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Muenster (Germany). He works as an entrepreneur in the US solar industry.