Strategic Management of Innovation Networks

Zusammenfassung This textbook provides a theoretical and practical guide to innovation and social networks! which are central to business and policy agendas. With engaging real-world examples! it explains how networks function in different environments and how to manage networks effectively at intra-organisational! inter-organisational! and market levels.

Auteur

Müge Özman is Professor of Management at Institut Mines-Télécom, Paris. She has participated in major projects funded by the European Union, and worked with a variety of both small and large companies on innovation-related projects.

Texte du rabat

This textbook provides a theoretical and practical guide on how to manage social networks to increase innovation and improve performance.

Contenu

Part I. Opening the Black Box of Innovation Networks: 1. Introduction; 2. Two sides of innovation: search and selection; 3. Network as a nested system; 4. Social network analysis for innovation networks; 5. Managing innovation networks; Part II. Search Processes: 6. Alliances, networks, and learning; 7. Creativity and networks; 8. Users, product systems, and networks; Part III. Selection Processes: 9. Decision-making, signals, and new ventures; 10. Networks and organisational change; 11. Networks and diffusion; Part IV. Behind Networks: 12. Tie formation and dissolution; 13. Network evolution.