European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 7 Issue 1

Patents and product development strategies: a model of antecedents and consequences of patent value

Debra Malewicki, K. Sivakumar

Innovation management has been acknowledged as a crucial activity for the growth and survival of firms. An important element of a firm’s innovation management strategy is the…

Creating an international market for disruptive innovations

Birgitta Sandberg, Sten‐Olof Hansén

Although the significance of international markets is recognised in innovation management, there seems to be a lack of studies on how the international context is actually present…

The concept of innovativeness: should we need to focus?

Helen Salavou

Organisational innovativeness is a broad concept involved in a firm’s proclivity to innovate. As such, widely varying conceptualisations and operationalisations of this construct…

Overcoming the innovation‐alliance paradox: a case study of an explorative alliance

Håkan Linnarsson, Andreas Werr

Alliances are an increasingly common way of organizing the uncertain exploration phase of radical innovation. It may, however, be argued that there is inherent tension between the…

Innovation management and organizational learning: a discursive approach

Valérie Chanal

This paper deals with how to design innovative organizations through theoretical and managerial insights. The theoretical framework is based on the structuration theory, with a…

Success factors in transition countries

Majda Bastic

The competitiveness of the transition countries depends on the ability of their companies to develop successful new products. Using 14 success factors proposed by Cooper and…