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Idea Management in Switzerland and Germany: Past, Present and Future

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  • Thom, Norbert

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Since its inception in the 18th century, idea management has turned out to be one of themost persistent management concepts ever. While it has constantly adapted to changingeconomic, social, technological and ecological environments and will be obliged to continueto do so in the future, it has a stable core that consists in the effort to provide answersto the following question: “How to motivate and empower as many employees as possibleto contribute constructive and creative ideas so as to continuously improve operationalprocesses and results?” On the basis of the author’s personal history in research and anumber of clearly discernible future trends, the present paper outlines some of the crucialfeatures that successful idea management has had and will have in the past, the presentand the future.

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  • Thom, Norbert, 2015. "Idea Management in Switzerland and Germany: Past, Present and Future," Die Unternehmung - Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 69(3), pages 238-254.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:untern:10.5771/0042-059x-2015-3-238
    DOI: 10.5771/0042-059X-2015-3-238
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    1. Natalya Sergeeva, 2014. "Employees And The Innovative Idea Contribution Process: Clarifying Individual And Contextual Characteristics," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(05), pages 1-22.
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    1. Honorine Harlé & Pascal Le Masson & Benoit Weil & Tony Bourlier & Yann Veslin, 2023. "What Does The Factory’s Suggestion Box Reveal? An analysis of the design capabilities of a train maintenance center from its idea management system," Post-Print hal-03807883, HAL.

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