Ebook: Strategies for Innovators: HHL Open School Case Book

‘Strategies for Innovators’ is a case book that covers the entire business life-cycle of innovative firms. Readers will acquire knowledge about venture creation and growth strategies as well as strategies for open innovation. How to foster an organization's strategic ability to innovate is a constant challenge not only for large multi-nationals, but equally for small and medium-sized firms. Therefore, the book presents a number of carefully selected cases that provide key learnings from successful strategic innovators in various industries.
The case book provides students with insights into demanding management practices, offers managers in small and medium-sized firms a consistent strategic understanding for the day-to-day handling of innovation, and challenges the strategic thinking and acting of leaders in path-breaking business situations.
Kathrin M. Möslein is Professor of Information Systems at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Academic Director of the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.
Emilio E. Matthaei is Research Associate at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford (Templeton College) and Research Scholar at the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.

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‘Strategies for Innovators’ is a case book that covers the entire business life-cycle of innovative firms. Readers will acquire knowledge about venture creation and growth strategies as well as strategies for open innovation. How to foster an organization's strategic ability to innovate is a constant challenge not only for large multi-nationals, but equally for small and medium-sized firms. Therefore, the book presents a number of carefully selected cases that provide key learnings from successful strategic innovators in various industries.
The case book provides students with insights into demanding management practices, offers managers in small and medium-sized firms a consistent strategic understanding for the day-to-day handling of innovation, and challenges the strategic thinking and acting of leaders in path-breaking business situations.
Kathrin M. M?slein is Professor of Information Systems at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Academic Director of the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.
Emilio E. Matthaei is Research Associate at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford (Templeton College) and Research Scholar at the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.

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‘Strategies for Innovators’ is a case book that covers the entire business life-cycle of innovative firms. Readers will acquire knowledge about venture creation and growth strategies as well as strategies for open innovation. How to foster an organization's strategic ability to innovate is a constant challenge not only for large multi-nationals, but equally for small and medium-sized firms. Therefore, the book presents a number of carefully selected cases that provide key learnings from successful strategic innovators in various industries.
The case book provides students with insights into demanding management practices, offers managers in small and medium-sized firms a consistent strategic understanding for the day-to-day handling of innovation, and challenges the strategic thinking and acting of leaders in path-breaking business situations.
Kathrin M. M?slein is Professor of Information Systems at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Academic Director of the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.
Emilio E. Matthaei is Research Associate at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford (Templeton College) and Research Scholar at the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Getting Started....Pages 3-4
Grasping the Open School Initiative....Pages 5-8
Guided Tour....Pages 9-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Venture Creation in Watchmaking: Where Innovation has Tradition....Pages 21-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Strategic Positioning in Biotech: Where Innovation Can Save Lives....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Business Growth under Discontinuous Change: Survival of the FITtest....Pages 69-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
New Market Entry: How to Internationalize a Web 2.0 Firm....Pages 93-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Creating Business Innovation out of Traumatic Change....Pages 117-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Service Innovation in the IT-Industry: The Need for a Tough Decision....Pages 147-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Open Innovation Across Boundaries: How to Craft a Consistent Open Innovation Strategy....Pages 175-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-199

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‘Strategies for Innovators’ is a case book that covers the entire business life-cycle of innovative firms. Readers will acquire knowledge about venture creation and growth strategies as well as strategies for open innovation. How to foster an organization's strategic ability to innovate is a constant challenge not only for large multi-nationals, but equally for small and medium-sized firms. Therefore, the book presents a number of carefully selected cases that provide key learnings from successful strategic innovators in various industries.
The case book provides students with insights into demanding management practices, offers managers in small and medium-sized firms a consistent strategic understanding for the day-to-day handling of innovation, and challenges the strategic thinking and acting of leaders in path-breaking business situations.
Kathrin M. M?slein is Professor of Information Systems at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Academic Director of the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.
Emilio E. Matthaei is Research Associate at the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford (Templeton College) and Research Scholar at the Center for Leading Innovation and Cooperation (CLIC) at the HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Getting Started....Pages 3-4
Grasping the Open School Initiative....Pages 5-8
Guided Tour....Pages 9-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Venture Creation in Watchmaking: Where Innovation has Tradition....Pages 21-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Strategic Positioning in Biotech: Where Innovation Can Save Lives....Pages 47-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Business Growth under Discontinuous Change: Survival of the FITtest....Pages 69-89
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
New Market Entry: How to Internationalize a Web 2.0 Firm....Pages 93-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Creating Business Innovation out of Traumatic Change....Pages 117-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Service Innovation in the IT-Industry: The Need for a Tough Decision....Pages 147-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Open Innovation Across Boundaries: How to Craft a Consistent Open Innovation Strategy....Pages 175-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-199
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