R&d Strategy & Organisation

Managing Technical Change In Dynamic Contexts

By: Vittorio Chiesa

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Hardcover | 12 March 2001

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This book deals with key issues and trade-offs in R&D strategy and organisation, paying attention especially to dynamic competitive contexts where technology plays a key role. These topics are treated from the perspective of the decision taker, i.e. the manager who makes decisions in terms of R&D strategy and organisation. The book addresses typical problems of large firms having structured R&D and operating businesses where R&D is a source of competitive advantages. Although it focuses strongly on R&D, it sees R&D as a part (a key part) of the process of technological innovation, and therefore as an activity to be strongly and appropriately integrated with other functions to make innovation successful.This book is primarily conceived as an academic review of research topics. Therefore the main audience is composed of scholars, researchers and PhD students. However, the book can be useful for postgraduate students taking MBA electives, or students attending courses on technology management. It is also relevant to R&D managers and, more generally, people responsible for units concerned with technological innovation.

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Preface
Introduction
Key Concepts and Definitions	p. 1
Technological Innovation	p. 4
The Characteristics of Technological Innovation and Innovative Activities within Firms	p. 4
Models of the Technological Innovation Process	p. 6
The Role of RandD within the Process of Technological Innovation	p. 12
Implications on RandD Strategy and Organisation	p. 15
References and Further Readings	p. 17
RandD Strategy
Approaches to Technology Strategy
The Positioning Approach to Strategy	p. 21
Porter's Framework	p. 21
Hax and Majluf's Contribution to Technology Strategy	p. 28
Practitioners' Contributions	p. 31
A.D. Little Methodology	p. 32
Booz-Allen and Hamilton Methodology	p. 34
McKinsey Methodology	p. 36
The Resource Based Approach to Strategy	p. 39
Prahalad and Hamel's Core Competence	p. 39
D'Aveni Hypercompetition	p. 43
Itami and Numagami's Review on the Interaction between Technology and Strategy	p. 45
Technology Strategy in Dynamic Competition: Key Principles	p. 47
About Rationalist and Incrementalist Approaches to Strategy	p. 49
References and Further Readings	p. 50
Formulating Technology Strategy in Dynamic Contexts
Context Foresight	p. 56
Technology Strategy Decisions	p. 63
Technology Selection	p. 63
Relevance	p. 64
Risk	p. 65
Appropriability	p. 66
Interdependencies	p. 68
Option Creation	p. 69
Timing of Technology Development and Introduction	p. 69
Technology Acquisition Mode	p. 74
Acquisition of Technology from External Sources (Make vs. Buy vs. Cooperate)	p. 75
Acquistion of Resources for Technology Introduction (Make vs. Sell vs. Cooperate)	p. 77
Formulating the Firm's Technology Strategy: the Output	p. 78
Types of Technology Strategies	p. 81
Case Study	p. 87
References and Further Readings	p. 107
RandD Project Portfolio Definition
Fixing the RandD Budget	p. 113
RandD Project Definition	p. 115
RandD Project Evaluation	p. 118
RandD Project Evaluation Techniques	p. 120
DCF Techniques	p. 121
Option Based Techniques	p. 125
Non-Financial Methods	p. 128
Range of Application of Financial and Non-Financial Techniques	p. 136
RandD Project Selection	p. 137
RandD Project Portfolio Analysis	p. 140
References and Further Readings	p. 145
RandD Organisation
The Organisational Structure
The Structure of RandD Units	p. 149
Input-Oriented Organisation	p. 150
Organisation by Scientific Discipline or Technical Area	p. 150
Organisation by Type of Activity	p. 153
Output-Oriented Organisation	p. 154
Organisation by Product Line	p. 154
Organisation by Project	p. 155
Matrix Organisation	p. 157
The Balance between Centralisation and Decentralisation	p. 162
The Role of Corporate and Divisional RandD: Types of Structures	p. 165
Integrating Corporate and Divisional RandD	p. 171
The Separation between R and D	p. 173
The Case of the Pharmaceutical Industry	p. 175
RandD Organisations in the Pharmaceutical Industry	p. 177
Factors behind the Separation between R and D	p. 181
Managerial Implications of the Separation between R and D	p. 185
References and Further Readings	p. 188
The Geographical Dispersion of RandD Activities
Determinants of Geographical Centralisation and Decentralisation	p. 193
Types of Foreign RandD Units	p. 197
Establishment of Foreign RandD Units	p. 200
Localisation of Foreign RandD Units	p. 202
International RandD Structures	p. 203
Development Structures	p. 206
Research Structures	p. 219
An Interpretation of the Internationalisation of RandD	p. 224
External Sources of Knowledge	p. 225
Internal RandD Resources	p. 227
References and Further Readings	p. 231
The Organisation of the External Acquisition of Technology
Introduction	p. 235
Organisational Forms for External Technology Acquisition	p. 238
Acquisition	p. 239
Joint Venture	p. 240
Outsourcing	p. 242
Alliance	p. 243
Managerial and Organisational Implications of the Forms of External Technology Acquisition	p. 245
Acquisition	p. 247
Joint Venture	p. 248
Outsourcing	p. 249
Alliance	p. 250
Factors Affecting Decisions about the Organisation of External Technology Acquisition	p. 252
The Objective of the RandD Collaboration	p. 252
The Content of the RandD Work	p. 253
The Typology of Partners Involved	p. 257
The Process of Selection of the Organisation for External Technology Acquisition	p. 260
Case Studies	p. 263
The Empirical Basis	p. 266
References and Further Readings	p. 270
Index	p. 274
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