The Organizational Innovation System: A systemic framework for radical innovation at the organizational level

Jonas Van Lancker, Koen Mondelaers, Erwin Wauters and Guido Van Huylenbroeck

Technovation, 2016, vol. 52-53, 40-50

Abstract: Most research on innovation management at the organizational level has typically been focused on one specific innovation project phase or innovation management concept. This has resulted in many valuable insights, though scattered in different (innovation) research fields and studies. With the development of the Organizational Innovation System (OIS), we bring together important insights from the Innovation Systems, Open Innovation and other related fields into a guiding concept useful for both innovation managers developing (radical) innovations and innovation scholars. In this paper, we define the OIS and its key structural components, and discuss the identified functions and categories of potential imperfections. With the OIS, we provide a holistic, hands-on concept currently lacking in the open innovation approach. From the conceptualization, a framework for analysis is put forward which provides structure to the study of ongoing and finished innovation processes. Additionally, the development of the OIS is a first step in the development of a currently underdeveloped micro-level within the innovation systems perspective. The insights in OISs and the future insights derived from analytical efforts, will not only be beneficial for the performance of innovating organizations and organizational innovation systems but also for the performance of the higher, interconnected system levels.

Keywords: Radical innovation; Innovation system; Innovation system functions; Innovation system imperfections; Innovation network; Open innovation; Stakeholder collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2015.11.008

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