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Csuka, Gyöngyi; Kovács, Barna; Soyaltın, Diğdem; Hajdinjak, Sanja

doi:10.1556/aoecon.60.2010.4.6

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“…Thus, the key processual stages and development challenges at which the contested reality comes into foreground are the decision points at which the innovators have to decide the future of a project in face of a challenge to bring it to the market, i.e. what Swann calls development work [51]. The identification of these key points within NPD and the way in which the environment -in particular interactions with external and internal sources of knowledge, technology and skills -is affecting those decisions, is vital for the understanding of the overall process, and this is the chief purpose of this empirical analysis.…”

Section: A Multimethods Study Of Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Traditionally, the processes of innovation were framed in either linear or cyclical fashion, though neither framing alone was accepted as a sufficiently full account [50]. Instead of such simplistic models, descriptive empirical research has identified that "fuzzy/messy" and complex dynamical processes govern NPD processes in SMEs [51]. Consequently, we are adopting a phased/modular approach, with overlapping stages/work processes, which combines schematic clarity with capturing (some of) the fuzziness/messiness.…”

Section: "Innovation Moment" As a Conceptual Tool To Understand Npd Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New Space and Agile Innovation: Understanding transition to open innovation by examining innovation networks and moments

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This paper is building a detailed understanding of the organisational structures and practices in SMEs' knowledge absorption from a network of innovation partners. In particular, it explores the relationship between the openness of innovation process through innovation networks and the development of organisational structures within firms, as well as its linkage to a regional sectoral environment. It proposes a new conceptual tool of "innovation moments", to synthesise the key theoretical premises of knowledge management, organisational learning and absorptive capacity literatures. In order to study this vital nexus of phenomena, we propose to deploy a novel mixed methods approach of combining quantitative ego-centric Social Network Analysis (Ego-SNA) and qualitative derived narratives of product development experiences via a sensitising concept, to study the emergence and development of the New Space Sector in Scotland. The findings show that the type of the SME-"traditional" versus New Space and upstream versus downstream-is clearly related to the structure of the firms' ego-centric innovation networks and their position in the composite whole network. Furthermore, by using qualitative case study data we show that the firms' typology is also closely related to internal organisational features, in particular flattening hierarchical structures and the formalisation and standardisation within NPD processes. This paper argues that the interlinking of these two elements is poised to describe a cultural shift in the approach to innovation networking and new product development (NPD) process management, understanding of which is a critical element of examining Open Innovation in SMEs.

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Section: A Multimethods Study Of Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: "Innovation Moment" As a Conceptual Tool To Understand Npd Pmentioning

confidence: 99%