4th CINet PhD Seminar
Doctoral Seminar on Research in Continuous Innovation

    
Zürich, Switzerland, 31 March - 4 April 2008
    
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• Handouts

Harry Boer

Paul Hyland

Mariano Corso

Mats Magnusson

Carmen Kobe

 

• Compulsory pre-reading

  1. Boer, H. and F. Gertsen (2003), From Continuous improvement to continuous innovation:
    a (retro)(per)spective    , International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 805-827.
  2. Boer, H., J. Kuhn and F. Gertsen (2006), Continuous innovation. Managing dualities through co-ordination, CINet Working Paper Series, WP2006-01.
  3. Boland, R.J. and R.V. Tenkasi (1995), Perspective making and perspective taking in communities of knowing, Organization Science, Vol. 6, No. 4., pp. 350-372.
  4. Calantone, R.J., S.T. Cavusgil and Y. Zhao (2002), Learning orientation, firm capability, and firm performance, Industrial Marketing, Vol. 31, pp. 515-525.
  5. Christensen, C.M. (2006), The ongoing process of building a theory of disruption, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 23, pp. 39-55.
  6. Cooper, R.G. (2006), Formula for success - The seven principles of the latest Stage-Gate((R)) method add up to a streamlined, new-product idea-to-launch process, Marketing Management, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 18-24.
  7. Corso, M. (2002), From product development to continuous product innovation: mapping the routes of corporate knowledge, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 322-340.
  8. Coughlan, P. and D. Coghlan (2002), Action research for operations management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 220-240.
  9. Daghfous, A. (2004), Organizational learning, knowledge and technology: a case study, The Learning Organization, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 67-83.
  10. Eisenhardt, K.M. and J.A. Martin (2000), Dynamic capabilities: what are they?, Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 21, pp. 1105-1121.
  11. Forza, C. (2002). Survey research in operations management: a process-based perspective, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 22(2), 152-194.
  12. Hansen, M.T., N. Nohria and T. Tierney (1999), What’s your strategy for managing knowledge?, Harvard Business Review, March-April, pp. 106-116.
  13. Hyland, P. and H. Boer (2006), A continuous innovation framework: some thoughts for consideration, Proceedings of the 7th CINet Conference, "CI and sustainability - Designing the road ahead", Lucca, Italy.
  14. Janssens, M. and C. Steyaert (1999), The world in two and a third way out? The concept of duality in organization theory and practice, Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 15, pp. 121-139.
  15. Jensen, B. and Harmsen, H. (2001,) Implementation of success factors in new product development – the missing links? European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 37–52.
  16. Kennedy, J.M., G.D. Kuh and R. Carini (2000), Web and mail surveys: preliminary results of comparisons based on a large scale project, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, Portland, May 19.
  17. Kobe, C., J. Otegi and L. Delgado (2007), Explaining the Maturity Level of Innovation Management in SMEs. Proceedings of the 8th International CINet Conference, “Continuous innovation – Opportunities and challenges, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  18. Koen, P., Ajamian, G., Burkart, R., Clamen, A., Davidson, J., d'Amore, R., Elkins, C., Herald, K., Incorvia, M., Johnson, A., Karol, R., Seibert, R., Slavejkov, A. and Wagner, K. (2001) Providing clarity and a common language to the "fuzzy front end", Research Technology Management, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 46–55.
  19. Nonaka, I. (1991), The knowledge-creating company, Harvard Business Review, November-December, pp. 2-9.
  20. Rao, S. and C. Perry (2003), Convergent interviewing to build a theory in under-researched areas: principles and and example investigation of Internet usage in inter-firm relationships, Qualitative Market Research, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 236-247.
  21. Sanderson, S. and M. Uzumeri (1995), Managing product families: the case of the Sony Walkman, Research Policy, Vol. 24, pp. 761-782.
  22. Spanos, Y.E. and G. Prastacos (2004), Understanding organizational capabilities: towards a conceptual framework, Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 31-43.
  23. Truell, A.D. (2003), Use of Internet tools for survey research, Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 31-37.
  24. Wenger, E. and W. M. Snyder (2000), Communities of practice: the organizational frontier, Harvard Business Review, January-February, pp. 139-145.
  25. Wicks, A.C. and R.E. Freeman (1998), Organization studies and the new pragmatism: Positivism, anti-positivism, and the search for ethics, Organization Science, Vol. 9, No. 2, March-April, pp. 123-140.
  26. Bessant, J., D. Frances and J. Thesmer (2004), Managing innovation within Coloplast, Case study, Cranfield School of Management.
  27. Fulmer, W.E. (1999), Buckman Laboratories, Case study, Harvard Business School.

• Survey

  1. CINet Continuous Improvement Survey 2002. The International Perspective

• Recommended background reading

  1. Amabile, T.M. (1998), How to kill creativity, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 76-87.
  2. Argyris, C. (1977), Double loop learning in organizations, Harvard Business Review, September-October, pp. 115-125.
  3. Bessant, J. and S. Caffyn (1997), High-involvement innovation through continuous improvement, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 7-28.
  4. Bessant, J., Caffyn, S. and Gallagher, M. (2001). An evolutionary model of continuous improvement behaviour. Technovation, 21, 67-77.
  5. Boer, H., A. Berger, R. Chapman and F. Gertsen (eds.), CI changes: from suggestion box to organisational learning. Continuous improvement in Europe and Australia, Aldershot.
  6. Boer, H. (2004), Continuous innovation: a challenge and a dilemma. Published as Boer, H. (2004), Continuous innovation: en udfordring og et dilemma. In: J. Johansen and J.O Riis, Fremtidens production i Denmark, Dansk Industri, Copenhagen, pp. 65-76.
  7. Boer, H. and J. Bessant (2004), Organising for continuous innovation. Published as Boer, H. and J. Bessant (2004), Organisering af continuous innovation. In: J. Johansen and J.O Riis, Fremtidens production i Denmark, Dansk Industri, Copenhagen, pp. 77-99.
  8. BPP Project Leadership Team (2007), The Science Underpinning the BPP Methodology.
  9. Brown, S.L. and K.M. Eisenhardt (1995), Product development: past research, present findings, and future directions, Academy of Management, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 343-378.
  10. Brown, S.L. and K.M. Eisenhardt (1997), The art of continuous change: linking complexity theory and time-paced evolution in relentlessly shifting organization, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 42, pp. 1-34.
  11. Cohen, W.M. and D.A. Levinthal (1990), Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 35, pp. 128-152.
  12. Drucker, P.F. (1988), The coming of the new organization, Harvard Business Review, January-February, pp. 3-11.
  13. Dyer, W.G. Jr., Wilkins, A. L. (1991), Better stories, not better constructs, to generate better theory: a rejoinder to Eisenhardt, Academy of Management review, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 613-619.
  14. Eisenhardt, K.M. (1989), Building Theories from Case Study Research, The Academy of Management Review, Vol . 14, No. 4, pp. 532-550.
  15. Hill, R.C. and Levenhagen, M. (1995), Metaphors and Mental Models: Sensemaking and sensegiving in innovation and entrepreneurial activities, Journal of Management, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 1057-1074.
  16. Kobe, C., Verworn, B. and Meier, M. (2005), Implementation of innovation process models - Action research in Swiss companies. 12th International Product Development Management Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark
  17. Leonard-Barton, D. (1992), The factory as a learning laboratory, Sloan Management Review, Fall, pp. 23-38.
  18. Lubart, T.I. (2000), Models of the creative process: Past, present and future, Creativity Research Journal, 13, 3-4, 295-308.
  19. Magnusson, M. (2004), Managing the knowledge landscape of an MNC: knowledge networking at Ericsson, Knowledge and Process Management, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 261-272.
  20. March, J. (1991), Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning, Organization Science, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 71-87.
  21. Pavesi, S., M. Corso and H. Boer (2002), Supporting knowledge management in communities of dispersed workers: an action research approach. In: R. Smeds (ed.), Proceedings of the 4th International CINet Conference on Continuous Innovation in Business Processes and Networks, Espoo, 15-18 September.
  22. Pettigrew, A.M. (1990), Longitudinal field research on change: theory and practice, Organization Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 267-292.
  23. Poole, M.S. and A.H. van de Ven (1989), Using paradox to build management and organization theories, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 562-578.
  24. Scherer, A.G. (1998), Pluralism and Incommensurability in Strategic Management and Organization Theory: A Problem in Search of a Solution, Organization, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 147-168.
  25. Schroeder, R., A. Van de Ven, G. Scudder and D. Polley (1986), Managing innovation and change processes: findings from the Minnesota Innovation Research Programme, Agribusiness, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 501-523.
  26. Slappendel, C. (1996), Perspectives on innovation in organizations, Organization Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 107-129.
  27. Sutcliffe, K.M., S.B. Sitkin and L.D. Browning (2000), “Tailoring process management to situational requirements”, in: R.E. Cole and W.R. Scott (eds.), The quality movement & organization theory, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks (Cal.), pp. 315-330.
  28. Tovstiga, G., Hess, S. and Faupel, J. (2007), Achieving effective innovation through collaboration in a global R&D organisation: ALSTOM Power Service’s Power Innovation process. RADMA Conference 2007. Bremen.
  29. Tura, T. and V. Harmaakorpi (2005), Social capital in building regional innovative capability, Regional Studies, Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 1111-1125.
  30. Van de Ven, A.H. (1986), Central problems in the management of innovation, Management Science, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 322-539.
   
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