Hacklin Management of Convergence in Innovation

Strategies and Capabilities for Value Creation Beyond Blurring Industry Boundaries
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-7908-1990-8
Verlag: Physica-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Driven by the fascination about dramatic structural and competitive changes within telecommunication and information technology in dustries during the past decade, the convergence phenomenon has increasingly gained my personal attention throughout my work and studies. Therefore, not entirely coincidentally, this book was written as the result of my doctoral research at ETH Zurich, which turned out to be a challenging, yet highly rewarding endeavor. However, this work would not have been possible without the enduring support of several people. First, I would like to express my gratitude to my thesis supervisor Prof. Fritz Fahrni, for providing me with the opportunity to conduct exciting research projects in close collaboration with industry, and for supporting me with solid guidance and advice all the way. Also, I would like to thank Dr. Christian Marxt, for urging me to pursue the chosen line of enquiry, as well as for his devoted coaching, both at ETH and at Stanford, both within and beyond of?ce hours. Furthermore, I am grateful to Prof. Georg von Krogh, for his encouraging feedback and valuable comments during various inspiring discussions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hacklin, Fredrik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Contents Overview;9
3;Table of Contents;10
4;List of Figures;14
5;List of Tables;16
6;1 Introduction;18
6.1;1.1 Background and motivation;19
6.2;1.2 Research problem;24
6.3;1.3 Research objective;29
6.4;1.4 Research design;31
6.5;1.5 Outline of the thesis;39
7;2 Fundamentals of convergence and innovation;41
7.1;2.1 Convergence as a managerial issue;42
7.2;2.2 Determining the phenomenon;51
7.3;2.3 Innovative dynamics of convergence;57
8;3 An evolutionary perspective on convergence;66
8.1;3.1 Idiosyncratic dynamics;66
8.2;3.2 Augmenting stages of convergent rule change;71
8.3;3.3 Coevolutionary change of strategic vectors;82
8.4;3.4 Patterns of endogenous transition;89
8.5;3.5 Exogenous dynamics and industrial inflections;99
8.6;3.6 An integrated framework of evolutionary dynamics;115
8.7;3.7 From challenge to practice;117
9;4 Capabilities for coevolutionary contingency;121
9.1;4.1 Aligning horizontally for developing vertically;125
9.2;4.2 Orchestrating ecosystems and reciprocal incentives;136
9.3;4.3 Protecting complementarity against redundancy;149
9.4;4.4 Reorganizing the firm for convergence;156
9.5;4.5 Reinventing the firm for convergence;164
9.6;4.6 Managerial commonalities;170
10;5 Managing through cycles of convergence;178
10.1;5.1 Deriving managerial guidelines;178
10.2;5.2 Cyclical determinants of convergence;189
10.3;5.3 Transfer and application of the cyclical model;198
11;6 Conclusions;212
11.1;6.1 Discussion of results;213
11.2;6.2 Outlook;217
12;Appendix;221
13;References;231
14;Name Index;259
15;Subject Index;266