Technological innovation : oversights and foresights / edited by Raghu Garud, Praveen Rattan Nayyar, Zur Baruch Shapira.
| Call Number | 338.064 |
| Title | Technological innovation : oversights and foresights / edited by Raghu Garud, Praveen Rattan Nayyar, Zur Baruch Shapira. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xv, 370 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | 1. Technological innovation: Oversights and foresights / Raghu Garud, Praveen Nayyar and Zur Shapira -- 2. On flipping coins and making technology choices: Luck as an explanation of technological foresight and oversight / Jay B. Barney -- 3. Technological choices and the inevitability of errors / Raghu Garud, Praveen Nayyar and Zur Shapira -- 4. Rational entrepreneurs or optimistic martyrs? Some considerations on technological regimes, corporate entries, and the evolutionary role of decision biases / Giovanni Dosi and Dan Lovallo -- 5. Cognition and capabilities: Opportunities seized and missed in the history of the computer industry / Richard N. Langlois -- 6. Changing the game of corporate research: Learning to thrive in the fog of reality / John Seely Brown -- 7. Environmental determinants of work motivation, creativity, and innovation: The case of R & D downsizing / Teresa M. Amabile and Regina Conti. |
| Summary | The capacity for technology businesses to grow and change with the times is linked to how they develop and market technological innovations. Despite the importance of technological changes for corporate vitality, there are documented instances of corporations failing to capitalize on technological opportunities. Innovation outcome is contingent upon a match between a firm's internal capabilities and its external environments, even as innovation activities are complex and constrained. How can the slim odds of success be enhanced? Technological Innovation analyses why companies choose certain new technologies, from a technological, economic and institutional perspective. Based upon multidisciplinary research on technological choice, the book bridges research and practice. |
| Added Author | Garud, Raghu, editor. Nayyar, Praveen Rattan, editor. Shapira, Zur, editor. |
| Subject | TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS. DECISION MAKING. |
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| Summary | The capacity for technology businesses to grow and change with the times is linked to how they develop and market technological innovations. Despite the importance of technological changes for corporate vitality, there are documented instances of corporations failing to capitalize on technological opportunities. Innovation outcome is contingent upon a match between a firm's internal capabilities and its external environments, even as innovation activities are complex and constrained. How can the slim odds of success be enhanced? Technological Innovation analyses why companies choose certain new technologies, from a technological, economic and institutional perspective. Based upon multidisciplinary research on technological choice, the book bridges research and practice. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | 1. Technological innovation: Oversights and foresights / Raghu Garud, Praveen Nayyar and Zur Shapira -- 2. On flipping coins and making technology choices: Luck as an explanation of technological foresight and oversight / Jay B. Barney -- 3. Technological choices and the inevitability of errors / Raghu Garud, Praveen Nayyar and Zur Shapira -- 4. Rational entrepreneurs or optimistic martyrs? Some considerations on technological regimes, corporate entries, and the evolutionary role of decision biases / Giovanni Dosi and Dan Lovallo -- 5. Cognition and capabilities: Opportunities seized and missed in the history of the computer industry / Richard N. Langlois -- 6. Changing the game of corporate research: Learning to thrive in the fog of reality / John Seely Brown -- 7. Environmental determinants of work motivation, creativity, and innovation: The case of R & D downsizing / Teresa M. Amabile and Regina Conti. |
| Subject | TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS. DECISION MAKING. |
| Multimedia |