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Innovation Of Process Technology: Exploring Determinants For Organizational Design

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  • MARKUS BERGFORS

    (Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, Sweden)

  • THOMAS LAGER

    (Centre for Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France)

Abstract

At present, R&D managers have little guidance on how to design organizations with respect to organizational affiliation of process innovation. While process innovation in the process industries traditionally accounts for a large share of the company's total development resources it has nevertheless not received much attention in academic studies. In this paper four variables: (1) Industry category, (2) Size of R&D organization, (3) Process innovation intensity and (4) Newness of process innovation are statistically tested against the organizational affiliation of process innovation, based within either R&D or production. The study provides new empirical support for the positive association between the degree of newness and the organization of process innovations. By extensively analysing and discussing the findings in terms of both pros and cons for different organizational structural choices for process innovation, the paper also offers managers practical guidance in making organizational design decisions.

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  • Markus Bergfors & Thomas Lager, 2011. "Innovation Of Process Technology: Exploring Determinants For Organizational Design," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(05), pages 1113-1140.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:15:y:2011:i:05:n:s1363919611003635
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919611003635
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    1. Chirumalla, Koteshwar, 2021. "Building digitally-enabled process innovation in the process industries: A dynamic capabilities approach," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    2. Hullova, Dusana & Simms, Christopher Don & Trott, Paul & Laczko, Pavel, 2019. "Critical capabilities for effective management of complementarity between product and process innovation: Cases from the food and drink industry," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 339-354.
    3. Fleiter, Tobias & Hirzel, Simon & Worrell, Ernst, 2012. "The characteristics of energy-efficiency measures – a neglected dimension," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 502-513.
    4. Hullova, Dusana & Trott, Paul & Simms, Christopher Don, 2016. "Uncovering the reciprocal complementarity between product and process innovation," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(5), pages 929-940.
    5. Simms, Christopher & Frishammar, Johan & Ford, Nicholas, 2021. "The front end in radical process innovation projects: Sources of knowledge problems and coping mechanisms," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).

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