This dissertation presents the findings of an exploratory collective case-study examiningcorporate innovations arising from voluntary dyadic engagement between UK firms andnonprofit organisations (NPOs) focused on social issues.Whilst the extant literature demonstrates that pro-active engagement...

Much recent discussion has highlighted the challenges posed by what have variouslybeen called “disruptive”, “discontinuous”, “breakthrough” and “radical” innovations.Although the labelling may vary, the underlying themes appear to be consistent. Inparticular it is clear that...

PurposeTo develop a model that describes the clients' management process of strategicoutsourcing of services during its on-going phase. The study identifies and exploresproblems that occur during this phase and which influence outsourcing's effectiveness.The research studies an under-explored...

PurposeKnowledge Management (KM) is by now a recognized term, increasinglyaccepted in the corporate community. This research contributes a betterunderstanding of its implementation by providing a list a factors, which thougheach seems self-evident, their combination, and the experience acquired...

There is now clear scientific proof which indicates that emissions from economicactivity, particularly the industrial sector, are the main cause of the change inglobal climatic conditions. The Stern Review describes climate change as thegreatest market failure the world has ever seen. UK alone...

The emergence of increasingly complex problems, combined with growingconcerns for the environment, is fuelling the demand for more innovative andsustainable products, services and systems. Whole system design is oneapproach that aims to integrate social, economic and environmental phenomenainto...

This research, based on four in-depth case studies, probes an overlooked unit of analysis in innovation management literature, namely management action and cognition, and offers a new qualitative contribution into resource allocation approaches that support radical innovation. The interpretivist...

Research has consistently linked organizational inertia to the failure of industry incumbents to prosper or even survive from periods of discontinuous change driven by technological entrepreneurship. Recent work has unbundled the structure of inertia into two key determinants; 'resource...

Given the corporate pursuit of discontinuous and breakthrough change, we work to deconstruct and shed understanding on managers’ failure to formally allocate resources to entrepreneurial activities that seek to deliver disruptive innovations. Using an interpretivist approach with field data...

This paper presents the findings of part of a 30 month investigation, conducted to better understand the persistent failure of management practitioners to fund potentially disruptive innovations. A Mode 2 case study strategy was employed. The iterative transfer of knowledge, between four...