It is all very well exhorting UK business to be more innovative, more competitive andto close the productivity gap with economic rivals such as the US. The problem is,approximately 40 per cent of companies in the private sector are owned by non-UKbased companies. In these cases the parent...

Organisational ambidexterity is the difficult act of balancing two diametrically opposedorganisational qualities – adaptability and alignment. Adaptability is about focusing onthe future. It is the ability to respond to change, to be nimble, to progress. Alignmentis about maximising the...

International Management of Research and Development brings together the most influential contributions to managing, organising and coordinating R&D and innovation on a global scale. In addition to papers on the fundamental principles, trends and drivers of international R&D, it covers...