Innovation networks / Managing Uncertainty and Innovation

4 important questions on Innovation networks / Managing Uncertainty and Innovation

What are advantages and disadvantages of Organisational slack?

Advantages
• Might stimulate creativity (freedom from pressure)
• Safety buffer
• Room for discussion
• Lead to higher commitment and engagement
• Room for failure

Disadvantages
• Can lead to behavior that does not add value
• Reduced efficiency
• Issues with planning (poor planning)
• Too high costs

What are characteristics of an innovative organization?

Characteristics of an innovative climate:
• Challenge & involvement
• Freedom & autonomy
• Trust & openness
• Idea time & support
• Playfulness & humour
• Conflict & debate
• Risk-taking

What is the concept of Blue Ocean strategies?

New markets instead of competing in current one
Make competition irrelevant instead of competing
create & capture new demand instead of fighting for current one
break the traditional value cost trade-off. Align the whole system of a company's activities in pursuit of both differentiation and low cost
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What is the capability approach? What are sources and characteristics of sustainable advantage concerning capabilities & innovation?

Key factors in innovation strategy:
• position of the firm - technologies, processes & products compared to competitors
• paths open to the firm, given its competencies & emerging opportunities
• processes to integrate & exploit competencies within & between firms

Sources of sustainable advantage:
Positional: reputation/past investments
Business systems: Process capability
Organizational: e.g. culture
Regulatory: e.g. patents / trade marks

Characteristics of competencies:
• firm-specific, idiosyncratic • significant benefit or value to customers
• take time to develop
• sustainable as difficult to imitate or acquire
• unique configurations of resources
• strong tacit content & socially complex

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