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Managing exploratory innovation

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  • Florence Charue-Duboc

    (CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Franck Aggeri

    (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Valérie Chanal

    (PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Gilles Garel

    (IRG - Institut de Recherche en Gestion - UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12)

Abstract

Although the concept of exploration has been widely used in management research since James March's seminal article, the literature on exploration remains rather fuzzy. The question of exploration is dominated by the literature on ambidexterity but this research actually says little about concretely managing exploratory innovation itself, although this appears to be a central concern of most industrial firms today. Based on a material (twenty presentations made in a research seminar the authors have organized in the last two years) and a critical review of the literature, this paper provides new theoretical and managerial insights on the management of exploratory innovation. We first identify three complementary perspectives: 1. Managing knowledge for exploration, 2. Organizing for exploration, and 3. Creating new value spaces. Secondly, we recommend focusing the management of exploratory innovation on the following two processes: identifying an exploratory field, creating new opportunities via experimentation.

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  • Florence Charue-Duboc & Franck Aggeri & Valérie Chanal & Gilles Garel, 2010. "Managing exploratory innovation," Post-Print halshs-00496341, HAL.
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    1. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc & François Fourcade, 2007. "Multilevel integration of exploration units : beyond the ambidextrous organization," Post-Print hal-00263341, HAL.
    2. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc & Sylvain Lenfle & Christophe Midler, 2009. "Digging into exploration processes within established firms : Insights from two entities dedicated to enhancing radical innovation to support existing business," Post-Print hal-00572955, HAL.
    3. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & F. Charue-Duboc & S. Lenfle & C. Midler, 2009. "Digging into exploration processes within established firms: Insights from two entities dedicated to enhancing radical innovation to support existing business," Post-Print hal-00495590, HAL.
    4. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc & Sylvain Lenfle & Christophe Midler, 2009. "Digging into exploration processes within established firms: Insights from two entities dedicated to enhancing radical innovation to support existing business," Post-Print halshs-00401148, HAL.
    5. Filipe M. Santos & Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, 2005. "Organizational Boundaries and Theories of Organization," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 16(5), pages 491-508, October.
    6. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc & François Fourcade, 2007. "Multilevel integration of exploration units : beyond the ambidextrous organization," Post-Print hal-00263304, HAL.
    7. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc, 2008. "Enhancing Discontinuous Innovation through Knowledge Combination: The Case of an Exploratory Unit within an Established Automotive Firm," Post-Print hal-00465121, HAL.
    8. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini, 2009. "Multilevel Integration of Exploration unit. Beyond the ambidextrous organization model," Post-Print hal-00495926, HAL.
    9. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc & François Fourcade, 2007. "Multilevel Integration of Exploration Units: Beyond the Ambidextrous Organization," Post-Print hal-00659462, HAL.
    10. Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini & Florence Charue-Duboc, 2008. "Enhancing discontinuous innovation though knowledge combination : the case of an exploratory unit within an established automotive firm," Post-Print hal-00404106, HAL.
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    1. Philippe Bertheau & Gilles Garel, 2015. "Déterminer la valeur de l’innovation en train de se faire, c’est aussi et déjà innover," Post-Print hal-01187115, HAL.

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