Resolving the Innovation Paradox

List of Figures * Foreword * PART 1: INNOVATION IS SURVIVAL * Innovate Evaporate * Putting Technological Innovation to Work * An Innovation Crisis * Overview of the Book * PART 2: THE CEO AS INNOVATION CHAMPION * Does the Current System Encourage Innovation-led Growth? * The Courage to Champion Innovation * Innovation in Family-Owned and Private Companies * A Swing of the Pendulum * Conclusion * PART 3: IS INNOVATION MANAGEABLE? * The Act of Creation * Uncertainty is at the Heart of Innovation * Multi-Functional Projects * The Innovation Board * Project Portfolio Management * The S-Curves * Technology Mapping * Quality Function Deployment * Innovate with a High Market Orientation * Conclusion * PART 4: LEVERAGING TECHNICAL INNOVATION THROUGH A DIVERSITY OF CHANNELS * Multiple Leveraging of Technical Innovation: The Example of Generics * Generics' Business System * Conclusion * PART 5: REDEFINING INNOVATION MANAGEMENT : THE DISTRIBUTED INNOVATION SYSTEM * Redrawing the Company Perimeter: Danone, Nokia and Samsung * PART 6: ENERGIZING THE DISTRIBUTED INNOVATION SYSTEM WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP * Boosting Value Creation by Innovating in a Distributed Way * Inter: Innovation Inside? * Nokia * The Pharmaceutical Sector
Practising Distributed Innovation * PART 7: THE CRUCIAL HUMAN FACTOR * Be Demanding and Supportive * What management Style for Managing Technical Professionals? * First-line Managers Must Effectively Develop an Entrepreneurial Business Sense * The Richness of Diversity in a Team * PART 8: CREATING VALUE AND GROWTH THROUGH DISTRIBUTED INNOVATION * A Turnaround World * Innovation is the Key to Long-Term Growth of the Business * Resolving the Paradox through Distributed Innovation * The Way Forward * Bibliography * Index