Unlocking Strategic Innovation : Competitive Success in a Disruptive Environment

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures and Table -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- A note on the case studies -- Note -- 2 Globalization, digitization and disruptive uncertainty -- Global flows, barriers and expeditors -- Barriers and expeditors -- How to think about uncertainty -- Risk and uncertainty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further reading -- 3 Resources: Assets, capabilities and strategic positioning -- Tangible and intangible resources -- The resource-based view of competitive advantage -- Capabilities -- Unique resources and capabilities of the firm -- Unique and threshold assets -- Defining competitive advantage -- Identification of unique or core assets -- Problems with RBV -- Static analysis -- Dynamic capabilities -- Strategic positioning -- Industry analysis -- Generic strategies -- Problems with the linear view of strategy -- Linking the 'inside out' and 'outside in' approach of strategy-making -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further reading -- 4 Recombination: The process of innovation -- Understanding innovation: Different perspectives -- Innovation at the macro level: City, region and nation -- National innovation system and triple helix thesis -- Creative cities and clusters -- Innovation at the industry level -- Innovation at the component and architectural levels -- The Technology S Curve -- Dominant design -- Disruptive innovation -- Innovation at the firm level -- The incremental-radical continuum -- Alternative innovation approaches: Open vs. closed -- Innovation at the individual level -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further reading -- 5 Reach: Going global -- Why all firms are not multinationals -- Drivers of reach: Motivations for going global -- Resource acquisition -- Market penetration -- Extending reach: The internationalization process -- The incremental approach.