Die Fähigkeit zur Veränderung (Wandlungsorientierung) zählt zu den Erfolgsfaktoren einesUnternehmens. Doch überall dort, wo Menschen arbeiten, ist es mit der reinen Umsetzung vonVeränderungsvorhaben nicht getan: Der Mensch steht dem Wandel, sobald er ihn persönlichbetrifft, meist skeptisch...

Innovation research and organizational practice often focuses on R&D investments and activitiescarried out in designated departments and controlled processes. Anecdotal evidence tells us,however, that this centralized and formalistic approach to innovation is often insufficient. Asignificant...

Firms increasingly rely on business model innovation as a means to face challenges of a world in transition. We identify the conscious integration of products and services, i.e., product service systems, as a valuable strategy to radically innovate product-focused business models. Applying an...

Summary Using data collected from 25 interviews with Austrian employees in the European Commission, we explore the conditions under which cultural differences do and do not influence interactions. Previous experience with culturally-determined behaviour and experience working in a foreign...

The specifics of services seem to prohibit a simple transfer of innovation strategies from the manufacturing to the service sector. To better understand what works, successful strategic service innovators and their strategic approaches have been the focus of this study. To do so, 80 service...

Many aspects in the area of designing platforms for intra-organizational innovation communities are not well understood. In this article, we examine the impact of technologically induced psychological factors on knowledge exchange in such communities. Using two experimental pretest-posttest...

Many aspects in the area of designing platforms for intra-organizational innovation communities are not well understood. In this article, we examine the impact of technologically induced psychological factors on knowledge exchange in such communities. Using two experimental pretest-posttest...