How to transfer discontinuous technologyinto radical innovation – Some evidence from three nanotech cases

In this paper the focus is on the strategy formulation processes, specifically supportive methods andstructures, which address various managerial issues concerning discontinuous technologies and radicalinnovation in the early phase of strategic decision-making. In three in-depth case studies how companiesproceeded with discontinuous technology and radical innovation ideas in strategy formulation wasinvestigated ex-post. Based on literature and the analysis from the cases nine propositions are suggestedfor the design of an idealized strategy formulation process model for the simultaneous and differentiatedstrategic management of radical innovation and incremental innovation. The propositions are transformedinto a visualized process model showing the interaction and arrangement of the latter...