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MANAGING INNOVATION

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• Introduction• What is invention and innovation

• Different types of innovations• Models of innovation

MANAGING INNOVATION

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Corporations must be able to change, adapt and evolve if they wish to survive

By 1994-95, 275 books published in US had the word “innovation” in their titles

“.. not to innovate is to die” - Christopher FreemanThough the term is now embedded in our language:

What is meant by innovation? Do we fully understand the concept? To what extend is this understanding shared? Is a scientist’s view of innovation the same or different

from that of an accountant in the same company? Why are some business more innovative than the others? Is innovation at the heart of all companies’ activities?

THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION

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Certain companies that have established themselves as technical and market leaders have demonstrated an ability to develop successful new products and to innovate

MARKET LEADERS

THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION

Industry Market leaders ?Aerospace Airbus, BoeingPharmaceuticals Pfizer, GSK, NovartisMotor cars Toyota, BMWComputers & software development

Microsoft, SAP, Intel

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YEAR NEW PRODUCT COMPANY1930s PE ICI1945 Ballpoint pen Reynolds Intl

Pen1950s Float glass -

manufacturing process

Pilkington

1970/80s

Zantac GlaxoSmithKline

1970/80s

Photocopying Xerox

1980s PC Apple Computer

1980/90s

Windows 95 Microsoft

1995 Viagra Pfizer2000s Cell phones Nokia

IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION

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QUESTION:

Not all firms develop innovative new products, but they still seem to survive. Do they thrive?

THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION

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How a number of different disciplines contribute to our understanding of the innovation process.

THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION

Firms architecture& external linkages

Firms operatingfunctions &

activitiesCreativeindividuals

Scientific and technological developments inevitably lead to knowledge inputs

Societal changes andmarket needs lead todemands and opportunities

Firm’s developknowledge,processes andproducts

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Creativity is the key to making changeCreativity is not a gift for a chosen few. Virtually everyone is borne with creativity and uses it extensively during childhood

While we don’t all have the same amount or type of creativity, we use substantial more than a friction, perhaps 10%, of their natural creativity every day

Creativity has little connection to IQ, sex, age or any other demographic factors

Most people can tap into more of their natural creativity by learning a few basic process skills – and by using these skills deliberately to “uncondition” themselves.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

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1. We try too hard to get along with others instead of trying to introduce fresh facts and points of view.

2. We feel a need to account for all our actions instead of visualizing the future or playing with ideas.

3. Wishing to be seen as practical and economical, we often judge less than perfect ideas too quickly.

4. We worry about expressing doubt or ignorance or asking ‘Why’ about things that everyone accepts; we try to be polite and not placing others on the defensive.

5. We favour the adversarial approach to making decisions and resolving issues; like the adversarial nature of the courtroom and the political arena. Developing a good solution becomes secondary, we think how to win at all costs.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

How our attitudes suppress Creativity [1/2]

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6. We desire the safety of the known and familiar instead of venturing new ideas.

7. Because we know too much about our work, we often squelch open-minded consideration of new ideas.

8. Reluctant to admit that others’ ideas are better than our own, we reject attempts to improve our ideas. Accepting an improvement would be like admitting that our original idea was wrong.

9. We are unable to built on imperfect ideas trying to have the “perfect” idea otherwise we won’t go ahead.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

How our attitudes suppress Creativity[2/2]

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1. Because we fear appearing foolish, we do anything to avoid making mistakes and looking bad.

2. Our distrust of others’ motives makes us hesitant about sharing information or venturing new ideas.

3. Rather than solve the ‘real’ problem, we go with the first available solution and fail to uncover better possibilities.

4. Believing there is one right answer to any problem, we are content to stop with a workable solution.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

How our behaviors suppress Creativity[1/2]

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5. We try to solve a problem immediately; we lack the confidence to let the problem incubate for a time. We feel that, if we don’t solve the problem immediately, we have somehow failed.

6. We feel compelled to solve a problem directly instead of taking apparently off-course detours.

7. After finding a workable solution, we fail to drive the problem solving process through to implementation.

8. We are too quick to assume that something cannot be done or that a problem cannot be solved. Avoid negative attitudes toward problems at all costs.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

How our behaviors suppress Creativity[2/2]

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1. When evaluating a new idea, we often rely too heavily on our mental processes instead of physically trying out the idea. [“try it, you’ll like it”]

2. Rather than strive for a clear interpretation of the facts, we often make assumptions based on preconceived ideas, or categorize based on our experience and hearsay. Better to leave aside assumptions and start with the facts.

3. We are inflexible and rely too much in our biased view of the world. A mental rigidity which “kills” creativity.

4. During problem solving we are unable to separate the underlying key facts from the apparent symptoms, or separate cause from effect. We assume that we “already know the real problem”.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

How our thought processes suppress Creativity[1/2]

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5.We discuss problems in language that we assume others will understand; we use jargon and ambiguous terminology.

6.We take on enormous problems without separating them into smaller components.

7.Hung upon the smaller components of a problem, we lose sight of the large challenge. [we “lose sight of the forest for the tree”].

8.If information lacks a clear connection to everyday activities, we prematurely discard it as irrelevant. [“Gee, I can’t see what this new information has to do with my work”].

9.Believing that problem solving is complicated, we fail to see the obvious. Children are excellent problem solvers because they are see nothing as being too obvious.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

How our thought processes suppress Creativity[2/2]

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1. Getting bogged down (βαλτώνουν) Inter-functional teams formed to tackle a

common problem often bog down, for various reasons

2. Trusting myself and my colleagues, e.g. I fear asking for help as it might be seen as

incompetence I don’t dare mention my real problem before

my fellow managers. That would be displaying weakness

I don’t think the group’s members trust one another enough to share what is really going on

What if the solution doesn’t work? This is too radical-what will headquarters

say

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

What happens without a Creative process[1/4]

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3. Parlor discussion, which shows up as as the following:

What’s the point of having a good solution if you are unwilling to implement it?

Talking about it is one thing: doing it is another

4. Wanting a new management style, but…….. which shows up as:

Afraid of straying into unfamiliar territory Preference of the relative safety of the

firm’s admittedly poor but more customary approach

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

What happens without a Creative process[2/4]

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5. Change: fearful or fearless, which appears as follows:

We need more participatory management at all levels of the company

We want employees to feel that they are also owners of the company

How do we train senior management in this applied creative process and get them to use it on a daily basis?

I want employee involvement. But if I allow too much leeway (παρέκλιση) for self-management and creativity, I don’t know where employees will take it

Deep down, we fear getting involved. We fear the unknown. We might not be ready for more innovation.

I’d rather stick with the unacceptable solution we’ve accepted for the last 5 years than take the risk of trying a new idea even though it looks good.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

What happens without a Creative process[3/4]

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6. Sharing the risk, which shows up as: I’m afraid to report to my manager without having

everything pinned down My manager talks a good game about not killing ideas, but

he challenges almost everything I say as soon as I’ve said it. I find myself choosing my words carefully every time we speak and getting ready to defend myself.

We have taken the problem as far as we can, but will senior management be happy with our results?

How might we get senior management to share the risk with us?

Good ideas and projects languish (μαραζώνουν) in this system because people feel they have to perfect their idea before they will share their project.

I don’t want to be told I didn’t do my homework Unless a senor manager is willing to visibly use this creative

thinking process, no one else will.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

What happens without a Creative process[4/4]

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Summary Creativity is a continuous process of discovering good problems, solving these problems, and implementing solution

Adaptability requires creativityEveryone is borne with creativity, but it’s suppressed as we mature in 3 main ways:

Our attitudesOur behaviorsOur thought processes

By learning skills to unleash your innate creativity, you can dramatically improve your performance and make valuable change

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Creativity

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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20…

1. Every problem is an opportunity for a creative solution

• The harder I work, the luckier I get!• Find the intersection between your

interests, your skills, and the market• Try lots of things and keep what works.• Don’t wait to be anointed. Just do it!• It is a very small world… Don’t burn

bridges!• It is the little things that matter most.• “Creativity is allowing yourself to make

mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” [Scott Adams]

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QUESTION:

Describe the role of individual in the innovation process?

ANSWER: Individuals play a key role in the innovation

processThey are define the problems, have ideas and

perform creative linkages and associations that lead to innovations

Their role as managers make them decide: what activities should be undertaken the amount of resources to be deployed and how they should be carried out.

THE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION

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Arguments and debates happen with all fields of management, so innovation management is not an exception

This is particular true, when innovation is viewed as a single event rather than a process.

BUT

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY

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DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY

Is innovation a new idea? Is innovation a new way of doing business? What is new? What is idea? What is new to one company, may be old to

another What is success? How someone judges success in terms of

commercial gain or scientific achievement? What is invention? What is then innovation?

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– What is an idea– What is a concept– Idea concept (i.e. concept generation)

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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Ideas for new product or service concept can come from sources within the organization, such as staff, R&D, and from sources outside the organization, such as customers or competitors.

CONCEPT GENERATION

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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Managing InnovationConcept generation

Marketingdepartment

External sourcesInternal sourcesAnalysis of

customer needsMarket

surveys

Suggestions fromcustomer contact

staff

Ideas from R & D

Suggestions fromcustomers

Actions ofcompetitors

Ideas for new product or service concept can come from sources within the organization, such as staff, R&D, and from sources outside the organization, such as customers or competitors.

CONCEPT GENERATION

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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Ideas from Competitors:

Ideas from Staff:

Ideas from R & D:

Ideas from Customers:

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CONCEPT GENERATION

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Product: SalesmanService: Contact person

Ideas from Staff:

Research: to develop new knowledge and ideas in order to solve a particular problem or to grasp an opportunity.Development is the attempt to try to utilize &operationalize the ideas that come from researchAlthough Development sounds less exciting than Research, it often requires as much creativity and even more persistence

Ideas from R & D:

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

CONCEPT GENERATION

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Reverse EngineeringIdeas from Competitors:

Product: SalesmanService: Contact person

Ideas from Staff:

Research: to develop new knowledge and ideas in orderto solve a particular problem or to grasp an opportunity.Development is the attempt to try to utilize &operationalize the ideas that come from research

Ideas from R & D:

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CONCEPT GENERATION

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Reverse Engineering refers to carefully dismantling and inspecting a competitor’s product:• to understand how the competitor has made it• to look for design features that can be incorporated

into your own productExamplesProduct: Ford used this approach successfully in the Taurus model, assessing 400 features of competitors’ products and copying, adapting or enhancing more than 300 of them including Audi’s accelerator pedal, Toyota’s fuel-gauge accuracy, and BMW’s tire and jack storageService: Maybe difficult to reverse engineering (especially back-office services) as they are less transparent to competitors. Some use consumer testing, e.g. supermarkets investigate new services such as delivery, telephone ordering.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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Reverse EngineeringIdeas from Competitors:

Product: SalesmanService: Contact person

Ideas from Staff:

Research: to develop new knowledge and ideas in orderto solve a particular problem or to grasp an opportunity.Development is the attempt to try to utilize &operationalize the ideas that come from research

Ideas from R & D:

• Focus groups• Listening to the customers

Ideas from Customers:

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CONCEPT GENERATION

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Focus group

• It typically comprises 7-10 participants who are unfamiliar with each other

• They have been selected because they have certain characteristics in common that relate to the particular topic

• Participants are invited to “discuss” or “share ideas with others”

• The concept researcher tries to create an environment that nurtures different perceptions and points of view without pressurizing participants

• The group discussion is conducted several times with similar types of participants in order to identify trends and patterns in perceptions.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

Ideas from Customers: Listening to the customers

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Transforming an idea into a concept may involve including details of: the form, function, purpose and benefit of the product/ service

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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Concept

1. FormThe overall shape of

the product or service

2. FunctionThe way in which the

product/service operates

4. BenefitsThe advantages the product/service will bring to customers

3. PurposeThe need the product/

service is intended to satisfy

Idea

Transforming an idea into a concept may involve including details of: the form, function, purpose and benefit of the product/service

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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QUESTION

What is the difference between idea and concept?

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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QUESTION

What is the difference between idea and concept?

ANSWER

Ideas need to be transformed into concepts so that they can be evaluated and then “operationalized” by the organization.

Concepts, on the other hand, are clear statements that both encapsulate the ideas and indicate the overall form, function, purpose and benefits of the idea.

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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A holiday which is:• One week long• Residential• Multi-activity• Adventure• In a safe but exciting environment• For 14-16 year old boys and girls• Away from their parents

IdeaAdventure holidayfor young people

A telephone which is:

• In the lower price range• Multi-colored• Fashionable style• Easy to use• Dual position• Wireless• Light

IdeaAn inexpensive

telephone

Concept Concept

Examples

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Idea vs. Concept

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What is invention and innovation

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation

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Inventions are new discoveries or new ways of doing things

Products are the outputs from the invention

Innovation has to be viewed as a process from new discovery to eventual product

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation

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Inventions are new discoveries or new ways of doing things

Products are the outputs from the invention

Innovation has to be viewed as a process from new discovery to eventual product

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation

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• Consider “Education”Is “education” an event or a process?

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Inventions are new discoveries or new ways of doing things

Products are the outputs from the invention

Innovation has to be viewed as a process from new discovery to eventual product

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation

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• Consider “Education”

Definitely a process with output being the qualifications.

Is “education” an event or a process?

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Terms that are the first cousins but they are not identical twins that can be interchanged, so very important to establish a clear meaning for them.

Innovation is not a single action but a total process of interrelated sub process. It is not just the conception of a new idea, nor the invention of a new device, nor the development of a new market. The process is all these things in an integrated fashion [Myers & Marquis, 1969]

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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Innovation = Theoretical conception

+ Technical Invention

+ Commercial Exploitation

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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Innovation = Theoretical conception

+ Technical Invention

+ Commercial Exploitation

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation

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Scientists and development engineers working for months developed a new lavatory cleaning product. They had developed a liquid that when sprayed into the toilet pan, on contact with water, would fizz and sparkle. The effect was to give the impression of a tough, active cleaning product. The company applied for a patent and further development and market research were planned.

However, initial research both from technical and market specialist led to the abandonment of the project. The preliminary market feedback suggested a fear of such a product on the part of consumers. This was because the fizz and sparkle looked too dramatic and frightening. Furthermore, additional technical research revealed a short shelf-life for the mixture.

QUESTION:

Is this a new idea, creativity, discovery, success, invention or innovation?

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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ANSWER

This is a clear example of an invention but not innovation because it did not progress beyond the organization to a commercial product.

Innovation = Theoretical conception + Technical Invention

+ Commercial Exploitation

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation without

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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Clive Sinclair is the individual behind the development of a small, electrically driven tricycle or car, the famous Sinclair C5 which it was not commercially successful.

QUESTION:

Is this an invention or innovation?

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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ANSWER

Using the definition below, the fact that the product progress from the drawing board into the marketplace makes it an innovation, BUT an unsuccessful one; so be careful not to confuse innovation from commercial success

Innovation = Theoretical conception

+ Technical Invention

+ Commercial Exploitation

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation

with

but without

Commercial Success

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In 2003 the BBC run a series of TV programmes exploring the innovation route from idea to retail shelf. Viewers were asked to cast their vote on a selection of innovative prototype products; the winning three products would receive financial and technical backing to develop and market their idea. Some of the winning ideas were: revolutionary winning goggles; a new type of ink pen; a collapsing waste basket.

QUESTION:

Which of these are inventions and which are innovations?

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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ANSWER

None as all ideas would be financed for development & marketing.

Innovation = Theoretical conception

+ Technical Invention

+ Commercial Exploitation

ProductNew discoveryInvention Output

Innovation

without

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation & Invention

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QUESTION:

Is it true that technological innovations may result substantial managerial & organizational changes?

Any example to support it?

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ANSWER

Yes indeed. Technological innovations may result substantial organizational changes in the functions of manufacturing, marketing and sales

An example is the introduction of a new ERP (e.g. SAP) system, which brings a lot of organizational and managerial changes

DEFINITIONS & VOCABULARY: Innovation

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF INNOVATIONS

Type of innovation ExampleProduct innovation The development of a new productProcess innovation The development of a new

manufacturing process, e.g. Pilkington’s float glass process

Organizational innovation

- A new venture division - A new accounting procedure

Management innovation

- TQM systems - BPR systems - SAP R/3

Production innovation

- Quality circles - JIT - MRP II or a new inspection system

Commercial / marketing innovation

- CRM - Direct marketing

Service innovation Internet-based financial services

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF INNOVATIONS

• The above table widens the definition of innovation to include virtually any organizational or managerial change.

• Innovation may also defined as the application of knowledge.

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• Science and Technology play an important role in innovation

• Science can be defined as systematic and formulated knowledge

• Technology is often seen as the application of science

• It is important to remember that technology is not an accident of nature but a product of deliberate action by human beings

• Technology is knowledge applied to products or production processes

• Technology, like education, cannot be purchased off the shelf (like a can of tomatoes). It is embedded in knowledge and skills.

THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE IN INNOVATION

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QUESTIONExplain how technology differs from science, yet still does not equal innovation

ANSWER•Science is the systematic and formulated knowledge

•Technology is often seen as the application of science (i.e. the application of systematic and formulated knowledge) to products or production processes

Innovation = Theoretical conception

+ Technical Invention

+ Commercial Exploitation

THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE IN INNOVATION

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MODELS OF INNOVATION

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MODELS OF INNOVATION

- LINEAR MODEL

- SIMULTANEOUS COUPLING MODEL

- INTERACTIVE MODEL

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MODELS OF INNOVATION - LINEAR MODELS

Innovation process has traditionally been viewed as a sequence of separable stages of activities. There are two basic variations of this model for product innovation.A. The technology-driven model, often

referred to as “technology - push”

B.The market-driven model, often referred to as “market-pull”.

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MODELS OF INNOVATION - LINEAR MODELS

Characteristics1.Scientists make unexpected discoveries,

technologists apply them to develop product ideas and engineers and designers turn them into prototypes for testing. Manufacturing devise ways to produce the products efficiently; and marketing and sales promote the product to the potential customer.

2.In this model, the marketplace is a passive recipient for the fruits of R&D.

R & D Manufacturing Marketing User

Technology push model

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B.The market-driven model, often referred to as “market-pull”.

MODELS OF INNOVATION - LINEAR MODELS

1.Here the role of marketplace is influential

2.The customer-driven model emphasizes the role of marketing as an initiator of new ideas resulting from close interactions with customers. These, in turn, are conveyed to R&D for design and engineering and then to manufacturing for production

3.The role of market and the customer remains powerful and very influential.

Marketing R & D Manufacturing User

Market pull model

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QUESTION

In which industries do you think that:

a. The push model is applicable, and

b. The pull model is applicable?

ANSWER

a. Push model Pharmaceutical

b. Pull model Food industry

Note that for most industries and organizations innovations are the result of a mixture of the two.

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MODELS OF INNOVATION- SIMULTANEOUS COUPLING MODEL

• The linear models are only able to offer an explanation of where the initial stimulus for innovation was born, i.e. where the trigger for the idea or need was initiated. They concentrate on what is driving the downstrean efforts AND NOT on how innovations occur.

• The simultaneous coupling model, below, suggests that it is the result of the simultaneous coupling of the knowledge within all 3 functions that will foster innovation.

• Furthermore, the point of commencement for innovation is not known in advance.

Manufacturing

R & D Marketing

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MODELS OF INNOVATION - INTERACTIVE MODEL

• Here the technology-push is linked together with the market-pull models

• There is no explicit starting point, like the simultaneous coupling model.

• It emphasizes that innovation occurs as the result of the interaction of the needs in society and the marketplace, the latest science and technology advances in society together with the organization capabilities

Market pull

Technology push

Latest sciences & technologyadvances in society

R&D Manufacturing Marketing

Needs in society& the marketplace

CommercialproductIdea

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• At the centre of the model are the organizational functions of R&D, Manufacturing and Marketing

• Though it appears as a linear model it is not necessarily.• The linkage with science/technology and the market place

occur between all function, not just with R&D or manufacturing or marketing

• Finally the generation of ideas is shown to depend on inputs from 3 basic components: - see figure below - organizational capabilities, needs of the marketplace and the science and technology base.

MODELS OF INNOVATION - INTERACTIVE MODEL

Market pull

Technology push

Latest sciences & technologyadvances in society

R & D Manufacturing Marketing

Needs in society& the marketplace

CommercialproductIdea

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Science and technology base

Technologicaldevelopments

Needs of the market

Consumers expresstheir needs and wants

through the consumptionof products

Technology development,dominated by organizations

Creation of new knowledge, dominated by

universities and large science-based organizations

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MODELS OF INNOVATION – CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Date Model Characteristics1950/60s Linear

model: Technology push

Simple linear sequential process Emphasis on R&D The markets is a recipient of the fruits

of R&D

1970s Linear model:

Market pull

Simple linear sequential process Emphasis on marketing The market is the source for directing R&D R&D has a reactive role

1980s Coupling model

Emphasis on integrating R&D, marketing & manufacturing

1980/90s Interactive Combinations of push and pull2000s Network

model Emphasis on knowledge accumulation

and external linkages

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QUESTIONSurely all innovations start with an idea and end with a product, does that not make it a linear process?

MODELS OF INNOVATION

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MODELS OF INNOVATION - INTERACTIVE MODEL

Market pull

Technology push

Latest sciences & technologyadvances in society

R & D Manufacturing Marketing

Needs in society& the marketplace

CommercialproductIdea

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“Its only by understanding what the customers wants that we can identify the innovative opportunities. Then we see if there’s technology that we can bring to bear on the opportunities that exist. Being innovative is relatively easy – the hard part is ensuring your ideas become commercial viable”. ..Managing director of McCain Foods

QUESTION1. What is the message from the above statement

2. Which model of innovation does he support [push

or pull?]

MODELS OF INNOVATION

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“Its only by understanding what the customers wants that we can identify the innovative opportunities. Then we see if there’s technology that we can bring to bear on the opportunities that exist. Being innovative is relatively easy – the hard part is ensuring your ideas become commercial viable”. ..Managing director of McCain Foods

QUESTION1.What is the message from the above statement2.Which model of innovation does he support

[push or pull?]

ANSWER3. That invention is easy but innovation is

difficult4. Pull, arguing that knowing your customer is

crucial to turning innovation into profits

MODELS OF INNOVATION

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INNOVATION AS A MANAGEMENT PROCESS

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Organization’s knowledge baseaccumulates knowledge over time

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External inputs:• Societal needs; • Competitors;• Supplier partnerships;• Distributors;• Customers;• Strategic alliances

External inputs:• Macro factors; Competition;

• Profit; Growth; Diversification;• Costs and input prices;

• Political influences

External inputs:• Scientific & technological development;• Competitors;• Suppliers;• Customers;• Universities

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•Practically, this means that while there will always be an interaction amongst the various function in the organization, like manufacturing, marketing, etc, there are also interactions between:R&D with fellow scientists in universities and other firms about scientific and technological developments

marketing with customers, distributors, competitors, suppliers, etc to ensure that day-to-day activities of understanding customer needs

Senior management with a wide variety of firms and other external institutions, such as government departments, suppliers, customers, etc.

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• The functions inside the orghanization can be many, although three are presented in the figure: R&Technology, marketing and finance, as traditionally are considered as the most influential.

• Which function is more influential than the other, it is a matter of the nature of the business, but at the end it does not make any difference. The point is to examine the interaction of these internal functions and the flow of knowledge between them, as well as their effective communication with the external environment.

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• The centre of the framework is represented as organizational heritage or organizational knowledge base.

• This does not mean the culture of the organization but a combination of:

the organization’s knowledge base (established and built up over the years of operating) and

the organization’s unique architecture

• This organizational heritage represents for many firms a powerful competitive advantage that enables them to compete with other firms.

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ORGANIATIONAL HERITAGE

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QUESTION:

Explain how organizational heritage influences the innovation process

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QUESTION: Explain how organizational heritage influences the innovation process

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ANSWERThe organizational heritage of the firm will influence its future decisions regarding the market in which it will operate. The point here is that firms do not have a completely free choice. What they do in the future will depend to some extent in what they have done in the past.

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Examples Tesco – its distribution efficiencies and

customer service, developed and built up over decades

Siemens – its continual investment over almost 100 years in science and technology and the high profile to science and technology within its business

Unilever – its brand name skills and know-how developed over the years

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ORGANIATIONAL HERITAGE

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QUESTION:

Not all firms develop innovative new products, but they still seem to survive. Do they thrive?

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION

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QUESTION:

If two different firms, similar in size, operating in the same industry spend the same R&D, will their level of innovation be the same?

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION

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QUESTION

What is wrong with the popular view of innovation in which eccentric scientists develop new products?

ANSWER

This view contributes to a misleading image of the innovation process because a complex phenomenon is simplified thus causing an immense harm to the understanding of science and technology

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION

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QUESTION:

Many innovations today are associated with companies as opposed to individuals. Why is this, and what does it tell us?

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: INTRODUCTION

ANSWER:• invention needs money• innovation requires money to

materialize the invention and only big companies can affort

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We define innovation as “the successful exploitation of new ideas”. Often it involves new technologies or technologicalapplications. Innovation matters because it can deliver better products and services, new, cleaner and more efficient production processes and improved business models.For consumers, innovation means higher quality and better value goods, more efficient services (both private and public) and higher standards of living.For businesses, innovation means sustained or improved growth. The innovative company or organisationdelivers higher profits for its owners and investors. For employees, innovation means new and more interesting work, better skills and higher wages. Equally, an absence of innovation can lead to business stagnation and a loss of jobs.

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: SUMMARY

Why Innovation is Important?

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For the economy as a whole innovation is the key to higher productivity and greater prosperity for all. Innovation will also be essential for meeting the environmental challenges of the future – including moving to a low carbon economy and reducing waste. We need to find new ways to break the link between economic growth and resource depletion and environmental degradation. It is important to every sector of our economy, in both manufacturing and services. To hold our own in modern manufacturing we will need to innovate strongly, creating new high-tech manufacturing industries such as biotechnology and upgrading traditional sectors such as steel and textiles.

Why Innovation is Important? (continued)

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☺ CASE STUDY

Unilever Grabage Bags

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

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☺ CASE STUDY

An Analysis of 3M, the Innovation Company

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT