Innovative Company

Danièle Chauvel is Research Professor for the SKEMA Research Centre in Knowledge, Technology and Organization.Stefano Borzillo is Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, HES-SO; University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland.

• Foreword viiAcknowledgements xvIntroduction xviiChapter 1 Evolution of the Concept of Innovation 11.1 Major steps in the evolution of the concept of innovation 21.2 Paradigm shift 6Chapter 2 Innovation: A Knowledge-based Phenomenon 112.1 A knowledge-based view of firm innovation 122.2 Knowledge management 13Chapter 3 Pivots of Innovation in the Age of Knowledge 213.1 Creativity 213.2 Organizational ambidexterity 37Chapter 4 The Various Approaches to Innovation Adopted by Companies 534.1 External approaches 534.1.1 Alliances, subcontracting and other interindustry contractual forms 544.1.2 Open innovation in various forms 554.2 Internal and organizational approaches 574.2.1 Participative innovation 574.2.2 Communities of practice and/or innovation 644.2.3 Intrapreneurship, adhocracy and forms of organizational entrepreneurship 674.2.4 Company social networks 734.2.5 Other creative and agile processes 76Chapter 5 Organizational Levers 835.1 An innovation-oriented strategic posture 835.2 A culture of innovation 905.3 Innovation management 965.4 The innovative company, a concept that applies to small or large companies? 104Conclusion 111Bibliography 119Index 137