1st Edition
Critical Perspectives on Innovation Management The Bright and Dark Sides of Innovative Firms
Most firms perceive innovation as the best way to grow. However, how it can best be managed is still unclear. While the number of publications on innovation has skyrocketed over the past two decades, it is still increasingly difficult to gain an overview of its most critical aspects.
Much has been written about the possible benefits of innovation, but there is still a lack of understanding of its downsides at the innovative firm level. This can lead to detrimental effects, such as a lower commitment to innovation, a lack of effective innovation strategy, inappropriate organizational design that does not enhance innovation, and either a too cautious or too risky approach to innovation. Thus, the book aims to explore the concept of innovation management as well as to identify the bright and dark sides of innovation in innovative firms. A better understanding of the positive and negative effects of product and process innovation expands the knowledge base on innovation management and allows managers to manage innovation in a more efficient and effective manner.
This book will be valuable to researchers, academics, managers, and advanced students in the fields of management studies, strategy, and organizational studies.
1. The essence of innovation and innovation management
Agnieszka Sopińska
2. Innovation strategy
Patryk Dziurski, Wioletta Mierzejewska
3. Organizing innovation activity
Wioletta Mierzejewska
4. Measuring innovation
Patryk Dziurski
5. Different shades of innovation
Patryk Dziurski
6. Bright sides of innovation
Piotr Wachowiak
7. Dark sides of innovation
Patryk Dziurski, Piotr Wachowiak
8. Case studies on innovative firms
Patryk Dziurski, Wioletta Mierzejewska, Agnieszka Sopińska, Piotr Wachowiak
9. Managing innovation in the context of the bright and dark sides of innovation - conclusions from the study
Patryk Dziurski, Wioletta Mierzejewska, Agnieszka Sopińska, Piotr Wachowiak
Biography
Patryk Dziurski is Assistant Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics in the Institute of Management, Poland.