Managing Global Innovation Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness
"Countries splinter, regional trading blocks grow, the global economy becomes even more interconnected. " Lester Thurow, The Future o/Capitalism, 1996 Globalization has changed the face of R&D. Local knowledge clusters are not only tapped by multinationals but by small and medium-sized...
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1999, 1999
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Table of Contents:
- 5. Nestlé Interaction of R&D and Intelligence Management
- 6. Kao Localizing R&D Resources
- IV. Best-in-Class: The Electronics and Software Industry
- 1. Xerox The Global Market and Technology Innovator
- 2. Canon R&D as the Motivating Force for Continuous Growth and Diversification
- 3. Hewlett-Packard Planet-Wide Patterns in the Company’s Technology Tapestry
- 4. IBM Using Global Networks for Virtual Development
- 5. SAP International Project Management
- 6. Unisys Localization of Software Development
- V. Best-in-Class: The Electrical and Machinery Industry
- 1. ABB Management of Technology: Think Global, Act Local
- 2. Daimler-Benz Global Knowledge Sourcing and Research
- 3. Schindler Institutionalizing Technology Management and R&D Core Competencies
- 4. Hitachi Management Practices for Innovation in Global Industrial Research
- 5.Leica Microscopy International Transfer of R&D Activities
- 6. MTU Partner in International High-Tech-Cooperations
- VI. Implications for Organizing Global R&D
- Index of Companies
- Authors and Contributors
- I. Challenges and Trends
- 1. Challenges of Organizing International Research & Development
- 2. Trends and Drivers in R&D Location
- 3. Organizational Concepts: Towards the Integrated R&D Network
- 4. Establishing Overlaying Structures
- 5. Organizing Virtual R&D Teams: Towards a Contingency Approach
- II. Emerging Patterns
- 1. The Market as a Challenge for R&D
- 2. Managing the International R-to-D Interface
- 3. Transnational R&D Processes
- 4. New Information and Communication Technology as an Enabler for Dispersed R&D Projects
- 5. Managing Knowledge and Human Resources
- III. Best-in-Class: The Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Food Industry
- 1. DuPont Gaining the Benefits of Global Networks — from the Science Base to the Market Place
- 2. Roche Global Differentiation between R and D
- 3. Schering Synchronised Drug Development
- 4. Ciba International Research Laboratories in Japan: Practical Validation of a Strategic Concept