 Strategic innovation in the financial services industry: opportunity or threat?Kurt Verweire and Lutgart van Den Berghe Journal of Financial Transformation, 2008, vol. 23, 69-76 Abstract: Strategic innovation is a hot topic in management today,but there is a wide gap between the aspirations of executives to innovate and their ability to execute. Many try, but few succeed! Why does strategic innovation pose so many challenges for incumbent firms? And how can established firms cope with these challenges? This paper addresses these questions as it explores what strategic innovation is and how it differs from the product and service innovation literature. It then describes the major challenges associated with strategic innovation and outlines how two established financial institutions, ING and Fortis, have coped with these challenges. Our conclusion is that strategic innovation requires a strategic commitment and the adoption of particular management processes and systems to create, nurture, and develop new businesses. Managers should be aware of the threats and opportunities associated with strategic innovation before they ask the organization to engage in ‘innovation.’ Keywords: strategic innovation; business model innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:jofitr:0872 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Financial Transformation is currently edited by Prof. Shahin Shojai More articles in Journal of Financial Transformation from Capco Institute 77 Water Street, 10th Floor, New York NY 10005. |
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