MANAGING AND OPTIMIZING INNOVATION PROCESSES IN COLLABORATIVE AND VALUE CREATING NETWORKS

Jens Eschenbaecher () and Falk Graser ()
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Jens Eschenbaecher: Bremer Institut fuer Produktion und Logistik (BIBA), Hochschulring 20, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Falk Graser: Logica Consulting, Germany, Hamborner Strasse 53, 40472 Duesseldorf, Germany

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2011, vol. 08, issue 03, 373-391

Abstract: Management and optimization of innovation processes are highly important for every company that depends on keeping up with market and technological evolution. Methods for the managing and optimizing of innovation processes in networks are just beginning to arise. Among different ways of creating value, successfully managed innovation processes bear the highest overall potential: On the operational level, it creates immediate value in terms of new products while on the strategic level, survival and competitiveness of the company can be assured by creating long-range, intangible values like technology leadership and a secured position in an ever-changing market environment. Therefore, innovation in networks has entered the spotlight of scientific research and industrial application. It requires new managing concepts and sophisticated information-technology-based tools. In this article, we present a model that allows to manage structural relationships within innovation networks and additionally to introduce a conceptual optimization approach.

Keywords: Innovation network; innovation infrastructure; network relationship management; symbiotic enterprising (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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