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An introduction to innovation management, spanning foundational ideas and cutting-edge debates. Designed for students who want to engage directly and critically with the scholarship that underpins the field. Suitable for use as a core textbook for undergraduate programs, a supplement for master's programs, and a primer for doctoral researchers.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Why study innovation management?; 2. Why is innovation difficult?; 3. How do technologies improve?; 4. What makes some innovations more challenging still?; 5. How does knowledge shape ideas?; 6. Can organizations exploit and explore?; 7. Should innovation be managed?; 8. How are new technologies brought to market?; 9. What do entrepreneurs do?; 10. The role of the state in innovation; 11. What is the societal impact of innovation?; 12. How does innovation shape organizing?; 13. Will innovation change innovation?; 14. Theories and some implications.
About the author
Rasmus Koss Hartmann is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School. Professor Hartmann's research has been supported by the Danish Council for Independent Research's Elite Research grant and the Carlsberg Foundation, and has been shortlisted for awards from the Academy of Management and the European Group on Organization Studies. He has previously been employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Southern Denmark where he also received the Special Prize for Research-based Education.
