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If R&D and innovation in the 1990s were about more internationalization, more corporate entrepreneurship, and more information-integration, then the 2000s have been about consolidating and expanding these trends further: more globalization including the technology mavericks of China and India, more open and inbound innovation integrating external technology providers, and more web- and Intern- enabling of innovation processes by involving R&D contributors regardless of their location. The corporate R&D powerhouses of the 1980s are now mostly history. Even where they survived, they had to yield to corporate efficiency efforts and business-wide integration programs. Still, it would be unfair to belittle them in retrospect as they have found new roles in corporate R&D and innovation n- works. In fact, the very successes of centralized R&D organizations of the 1970s and 1980s made possible the revolution of globalized innovation that we have been witnessing since the 1990s. The first two editions of Managing Global Innovation, published in 1999 and 2000, were testimonials of an increasingly internationalizing world of innovation and R&D. In this third edition of Managing Global Innovation, we have retained the basic structure of two conceptual parts (I and II) and three case study parts (III, IV, V). However, we have greatly revised all chapters, including the final "Imp- cations" chapter (part VI), and incorporated new chapters and cases that illuminate and describe the recent trends in the context of the beginnings of global innovation in the 1980s and 1990s.
About the author
Prof. Dr. Roman Boutellier war früher o. Professor für Technologiemanagement an der Universität St. Gallen. Seit 1999 ist er Konzernleiter der SIG Holding AG, Neuhausen a. Rheinfall, und Titularprofessor an der Universität St. Gallen. Er beschäftigt sich seit Jahren intensiv mit Fragen der Beschaffung, der Logistik und des Technologiemanagement und bemüht sich, Praxis und Theorie miteinander zu verbinden.
Prof. Dr. Oliver Gassmann ist Professor für Technologiemanagement und Direktor des Instituts für Technologiemanagement an der Universität St. Gallen.
Summary
What are the secrets of competitive Research & Development on a global scale? Investigating more than 1000 R & D laboratories in some 80 companies, this book presents the largest survey of global R & D practice yet published. Working from numerous research interviews and case studies from best-practice companies, the authors introduce new concepts and trends that will shape global R & D management in the unfolding 21st century.
This Third Edition has been completely revised and updated, incorporating international R & D research. Several emerging themes receive particular attention: intellectual property management in international R & D, R & D in emerging economies, management of technology listening posts, market and technological drivers of R & D globalization. In addition to the 18 case studies of the second edition, this edition adds new cases, including high-tech companies from China and India.
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"Managing Global Innovation is a rich compendium of new concepts of global R&D, enlivened by 18 excellent best-in-class case studies. What is especially impressive, the authors bridge seamlessly theoretical and practical issues about how companies create, transform and implement new technology in an expanding marketplace. This will be intriguing to both the industry and the academic world. The lessons learned are invaluable. The book is a real tour de force, probably destined to become a standard in this field for some time to come." Professor Jeff Huang, Harvard University "This excellent book demonstrates how the dynamics of innovation and creativity can be mastered. Important reading for senior management and a must for R&D leaders." Karl Weinberger, Head of Corporate R&D, Schindler "A feast of delights... deserves a very wide readership." Phil Gamlen, ICI Technology - Science and Technology Policy Strategy
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"Managing Global Innovation is a rich compendium of new concepts of global R&D, enlivened by 18 excellent best-in-class case studies. What is especially impressive, the authors bridge seamlessly theoretical and practical issues about how companies create, transform and implement new technology in an expanding marketplace. This will be intriguing to both the industry and the academic world. The lessons learned are invaluable. The book is a real tour de force, probably destined to become a standard in this field for some time to come." Professor Jeff Huang, Harvard University "This excellent book demonstrates how the dynamics of innovation and creativity can be mastered. Important reading for senior management and a must for R&D leaders." Karl Weinberger, Head of Corporate R&D, Schindler "A feast of delights... deserves a very wide readership." Phil Gamlen, ICI Technology - Science and Technology Policy Strategy
