%0 Book %1 Conway2009 %A Conway, Steve %A Steward, Fred %C Leister %D 2009 %K innovation management %N 978-0-19-926226-7 %T Managing and Shaping Innovation %U http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=57624&CultureCode=en %X Managing and Shaping Innovation 11 May 2009 * Publication title: Managing and Shaping Innovation * Author: Steve Conway and Fred Steward * Publication type: Book (Paperback) * Publication date: 23 April 2009 * Number of pages: 400 * ISBN number: 978-0-19-926226-7 * Price: 34.99 GBP British Pounds • How do we define innovation and novelty? • In what ways can social and organisational networks shape the innovation process? • How is innovation managed within organizations? • What role do informality and serendipity play in the innovation process? Managing and Shaping Innovation tackles these questions by drawing upon literature from a variety of disciplines, including economics, management, sociology, and psychology. Through an examination of the patterns of innovation, and of the strategies, structures, and processes of innovative organizations, the reader is equipped with a broad understanding of the innovation process. A particular emphasis is given to the network perspective, which is used as a lens for discussing and exploring innovative activity. Over the last decade or so, innovation is a theme that has captured the imagination and entered the mainstream. It is a subject that has gained great currency among government ministers and policy-makers, managers and consultants, and the public at large. It has also received a great deal of attention among academics, across a wide range of disciplines, including economics, management, sociology, psychology, and geography. In response to this interest, an increasing number of books have emerged to serve both the classroom and the boardroom. This text is aimed at postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students undertaking core or elective modules in the management of innovation. Conway and Steward take an analytical and critical approach, presenting research throughout, and encouraging students to evaluate the material and reflect upon their own assumptions and experience. Each chapter contains boxed examples and mini case studies to illustrate innovation in practice; examples range from Napster and e-Bay, to Formula One and virtual reality. Steve Conway is a Senior Lecturer in Innovation within the University of Leicester School of Management. Fred Steward is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Brunel University Business School. PART I – Building the Foundations 1. Introduction – Key Themes, Concepts, and Definitions in the Study of Innovation 2. Tensions, Paradox, and Contradictions in Managing Innovation 3. Innovation From a Network Perspective PART II – Strategy and the Mapping of Innovation and Technological Progress 4. The Patterns of Innovation Within the Life Cycle of a Technology 5. Technological Regimes, Trajectories, Transitions, Discontinuity, and Long Waves 6. Innovation Strategies PART III – The Management of Innovation Within Organizations 7. Organizing for Innovation – Organization Structure and Culture 8. Managing the Innovation Process 9. Social Networks and Informality in the Innovation Process PART IV – The Impact of Context on the Management and ‘Shaping’ of Innovation 10. The Sources of Innovation – The Role of Users, Suppliers, and Competitors in the Innovation Process 11. The Transformative Capacity of Innovation and Innovation Systems

@book{Conway2009, abstract = {Managing and Shaping Innovation 11 May 2009 * Publication title: Managing and Shaping Innovation * Author: Steve Conway and Fred Steward * Publication type: Book (Paperback) * Publication date: 23 April 2009 * Number of pages: 400 * ISBN number: 978-0-19-926226-7 * Price: 34.99 GBP British Pounds • How do we define innovation and novelty? • In what ways can social and organisational networks shape the innovation process? • How is innovation managed within organizations? • What role do informality and serendipity play in the innovation process? Managing and Shaping Innovation tackles these questions by drawing upon literature from a variety of disciplines, including economics, management, sociology, and psychology. Through an examination of the patterns of innovation, and of the strategies, structures, and processes of innovative organizations, the reader is equipped with a broad understanding of the innovation process. A particular emphasis is given to the network perspective, which is used as a lens for discussing and exploring innovative activity. Over the last decade or so, innovation is a theme that has captured the imagination and entered the mainstream. It is a subject that has gained great currency among government ministers and policy-makers, managers and consultants, and the public at large. It has also received a great deal of attention among academics, across a wide range of disciplines, including economics, management, sociology, psychology, and geography. In response to this interest, an increasing number of books have emerged to serve both the classroom and the boardroom. This text is aimed at postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students undertaking core or elective modules in the management of innovation. Conway and Steward take an analytical and critical approach, presenting research throughout, and encouraging students to evaluate the material and reflect upon their own assumptions and experience. Each chapter contains boxed examples and mini case studies to illustrate innovation in practice; examples range from Napster and e-Bay, to Formula One and virtual reality. Steve Conway is a Senior Lecturer in Innovation within the University of Leicester School of Management. Fred Steward is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Brunel University Business School. PART I – Building the Foundations 1. Introduction – Key Themes, Concepts, and Definitions in the Study of Innovation 2. Tensions, Paradox, and Contradictions in Managing Innovation 3. Innovation From a Network Perspective PART II – Strategy and the Mapping of Innovation and Technological Progress 4. The Patterns of Innovation Within the Life Cycle of a Technology 5. Technological Regimes, Trajectories, Transitions, Discontinuity, and Long Waves 6. Innovation Strategies PART III – The Management of Innovation Within Organizations 7. Organizing for Innovation – Organization Structure and Culture 8. Managing the Innovation Process 9. Social Networks and Informality in the Innovation Process PART IV – The Impact of Context on the Management and ‘Shaping’ of Innovation 10. The Sources of Innovation – The Role of Users, Suppliers, and Competitors in the Innovation Process 11. The Transformative Capacity of Innovation and Innovation Systems}, added-at = {2009-05-17T23:18:46.000+0200}, address = {Leister}, author = {Conway, Steve and Steward, Fred}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26dc4adca9b7509dee30c6ca46514c4fa/acf}, institution = {Leicester, University of}, interhash = {bc2556789d773cd9b21b9ee5475b6de3}, intrahash = {6dc4adca9b7509dee30c6ca46514c4fa}, keywords = {innovation management}, month = May, number = {978-0-19-926226-7}, timestamp = {2009-05-17T23:18:46.000+0200}, title = {Managing and Shaping Innovation}, url = {http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=57624&CultureCode=en}, year = 2009 }