Innovation Management

Edited by Vida Škudienė, ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania, Jason Li-Ying, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark and Fabian Bernhard, EDHEC Business School, France

• Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION1 Innovation management: perspectives from strategy, product, process and human resource research 2Vida Škudienė, Jason Li-Ying and Fabian BernhardPART II INNOVATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY2 Innovation management through technology licensing in China 16Jason Li-Ying, Yuandi Wang and Jin Chen3 Innovation management: the Japanese way 27Kenji Tadakuma, Tadao Onaka and Rumintha WickramasekeraPART III PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT4 Exploring best practices of new product development 48Suzanne L. Conner5 Product design innovation and functional innovation effects on consumers’ adoption of soft furniture 58Vilte Auruskeviciene and Sabina Senkevic6 Innovation and financial performance in telecommunication companies 72Asta Klimaviciene and Sarunas SereikaPART IV PROCESS INNOVATION MANAGEMENT7 Implementing process innovation by integrating continuous improvement and business process re-engineering 93Gurram Gopal and Egle Pilkauskaite8 New role of systems analysts in Agile requirements engineering 114Alfredas Chmieliauskas, Kristina Grigorjevaite and Saulius SimkonisPART V HUMAN RESOURCE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT9 Transforming human resource management: innovative e-HRM value creation for multinational companies 140Vida Škudienė, Gintare Vezeliene and Olga Stangej10 Human resource management perspective on innovation 167Daniel Paulino Teixeira Lopes11 On the emotions that spark innovative and entrepreneurial behaviors in employees 182Fabian BernhardPART VI CASE STUDY12 UPS Lithuania – choose your own salary 190Vida Škudienė and Ilona BuciunieneIndex 196

'This book arrives in an insightful moment! Innovation Management is not only a relevant effort made by representative international authors, but also it is an up to date vision of the key topic of the 21st century, innovation and its management issues. Other than the role of strategy, product development and processes, we have to shed light to a fourth critical aspect on management of innovation: the role of people.'--Paulo A. Zawislak, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Innovation Research Center (NITEC), Brazil'Innovation is the lifeblood of an organization. For innovation management, one must address the strategy, product, process, and people components. This new book provides an invaluable contribution to the existing literature looking at innovation management from a worldwide perspective. New insights are gleaned from these case studies and global research perspectives. Keep on innovating!'--Jay Liebowitz, Harrisburg University of Sciences and Technology, US'I was excited to learn that Vida Skudiene, Jason Li-Ying, and Fabian Bernhard had teamed up to produce a book on innovation management from a strategic perspective. They did not disappoint. Building on their considerable international academic and practical experience, they have produced a must-read volume at the critical intersection of innovation and strategy from multiple perspectives. Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars from multiple countries, they have compiled critical insights into strategic, product, process, and human resource innovation management. Overall, this book offers solid economic and social perspectives which keenly inform the formulation of innovation strategy for managers, entrepreneurs, students, and academics.'--Charles H. Matthews, University of Cincinnati, US