This book provides a profound overview of Japanese ways of managing innovation, looking at various relevant levels such as strategy, processes, organization, culture and implementation. Within this framework, contributions by both researchers and practitioners deal with aspects such as the fuzzy...

Die Entwicklung neuer Produkte stellt hohe und potenziell konfliktionäre Anforderungen an die Koordination von Innovationsvorhaben. Die empirische Untersuchung von Christoph Stockstrom zeigt, dass solche Planungsprozesse besonders erfolgswirksam sind, denen es neben formalen Aspekten gelingt,...

In this paper, we report on the results of a large-scale study about typical front-end-related innovation practices in 553 Japanese mechanical and electrical engineering companies. We explore typical activities concerning the generation and assessment of new product ideas, the reduction of...

Several empirical studies have shown that apparently competing companies cooperate extensively through an informal exchange of valuable information. Since international interfirm relations have become elementary in many markets, the informal information exchange across national borders gains...