Managing Global Innovation: Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Challenges of Organizing International Research & Development....Pages 3-34
Trends and Drivers in R&D Location....Pages 35-52
Organizational Concepts: Towards the Integrated R&D Network....Pages 53-72
Establishing Overlaying Structures....Pages 73-92
Organizing Virtual R&D Teams: Towards a Contingency Approach....Pages 93-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The Market as a Challenge for R&D....Pages 115-136
Managing the International R-to-D Interface....Pages 137-162
Transnational R&D Processes....Pages 163-186
New Information and Communication Technology as an Enabler for Dispersed R&D Projects....Pages 187-202
Managing Knowledge and Human Resources....Pages 203-221
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
DuPont: Gaining the Benefits of Global Networks — from the Science Base to the Market Place....Pages 223-235
Hoffmann-La Roche: Global Differentiation between R and D....Pages 236-248
Schering: Synchronised Drug Development....Pages 249-257
Ciba: International Research Laboratories in Japan: Practical Validation of a Strategic Concept....Pages 258-273
Nestlé: Interaction of R&D and Intelligence Management....Pages 274-286
Kao: Localizing R&D Resources....Pages 287-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
Xerox: The Global Market and Technology Innovator....Pages 299-315
Canon: R&D as the Motivating Force for Continuous Growth and Diversification....Pages 316-333
Hewlett-Packard: Planet-Wide Patterns in the Company’s Technology Tapestry....Pages 334-380
IBM: Using Global Networks for Virtual Development....Pages 381-394
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
SAP: International Project Management....Pages 395-419
Unisys: Localization of Software Development....Pages 420-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-442
ABB: Management of Technology: Think Global, Act Local....Pages 443-452
Daimler-Benz: Global Knowledge Sourcing and Research....Pages 453-480
Schindler: Institutionalizing Technology Management and R&D Core Competencies....Pages 481-499
Hitachi: Management Practices for Innovation in Global Industrial Research....Pages 500-523
Leica Microscopy: International Transfer of R&D Activities....Pages 524-539
MTU: Partner in International High-Tech-Cooperations....Pages 540-552
Front Matter....Pages 553-553
Implications for Organizing Global R&D....Pages 555-589
Back Matter....Pages 591-626