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Lenfle, Sylvain - HAL - 2008

innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the … improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction …

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The Launch of Innovative Product-Related Services: Lessons from automotive telematics

Lenfle, Sylvain; Midler, Christophe - HAL - 2009

field that needs exploration by researchers in product and services innovation: the design of the sales process. Furthermore …

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Digging into exploration processes within established firms: Insights from two entities dedicated to enhancing radical innovation to support existing business

Mahmoud-Jouini, Sihem Ben; Charue-Duboc, Florence; … - HAL - 2009

Since the seminal work of J. March (1991), balancing exploration and exploitation activities is an important topic in management research. Though the literature is abundant on the management of exploitation activities, exploration activities remain a much less studied area. How should be...

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The strategy of parallel approaches in projects with unforeseeable uncertainty: the Manhattan case in retrospect

Lenfle, Sylvain - HAL - 2011

This paper discusses the literature on the management of projects with unforeseeable uncertainty. Recent work demonstrates that, when confronted with unforeseeable uncertainties, managers can adopt either a learning, trial-and-error-based strategy, or a parallel approach. In the latter,...

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Projects and innovation : the ambiguity of the literature and its implications

Lenfle, Sylvain - HAL - 2007

The strategic role of new product development and innovation makes design performance a central concern of managers … this article, we wish to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation. This tendency can, in fact, appear … engineering or basic research. We therefore believe that it can lead to improper use of the project format to manage innovation …

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Using design theory to characterize various forms of breakthrough R&D projects and their management: revisiting Manhattan & Polaris.

Lenfle, Sylvain; Masson, Pascal Le; Weil, Benoît - HAL - 2014

In this paper we propose to revisit two emblematic projects, Manhattan and Polaris, with the models developed by design theory. In particular we demonstrate, relying on recent advances in design theory, how these major projects, traditionally presented as radical innovations, are in fact quite...

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