R & D strategy and organisation : managing technical change in dynamic contexts /

This book deals with key issues and trade-offs in R & D strategy and organisation, paying attention especially to dynamic competitive contexts where technology plays a key role. These topics are treated from the perspective of the decision taker, i.e. the manager who makes decisions in terms of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chiesa, Vittorio
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: River Edge, N.J. : Imperial College Press, ©2001.
Colección:Series on technology management ; v. 5.
Temas:
Technological innovations > Management.
Research, Industrial > Management.
Competition.
Organization.
Innovations > Gestion.
Recherche industrielle > Gestion.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Automation.
Organization
Competition
Research, Industrial > Management
Technological innovations > Management
Research and Development.
Strategisch management.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE ; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ; 1.1 Key Concepts and Definitions ; 1.2 Technological Innovation ; 1.3 The Role of R & D within the Process of Technological Innovation ; 1.4 Implications on R & D Strategy and Organisation ; References and Further Readings
  • PART I R & D STRATEGY CHAPTER 2 APPROACHES TO TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY ; 2.1 The Positioning Approach to Strategy ; 2.2 The Resource Based Approach to Strategy ; 2.3 About Rationalist and Incrementalist Approaches to Strategy ; References and Further Readings
  • CHAPTER 3 FORMULATING TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY IN DYNAMIC CONTEXTS 3.1 Context Foresight ; 3.2 Technology Strategy Decisions ; 3.3 Types of Technology Strategies ; Appendix
  • Case Study ; References and Further Readings ; CHAPTER 4 R & D PROJECT PORTFOLIO DEFINITION
  • 4.1 Fixing the R & D Budget 4.2 R & D Project Definition ; 4.3 R & D Project Evaluation ; 4.4 R & D Project Selection ; 4.5 R & D Project Portfolio Analysis ; References and Further Readings ; PART II R & D ORGANISATION ; CHAPTER 5 THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ; 5.1 The Structure of R & D Units
  • 5.2 The Balance between Centralisation and Decentralisation 5.3 The Separation between R and D ; References and Further Readings ; CHAPTER 6 THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSION OF R & D ACTIVITIES ; 6.1 Determinants of Geographical Centralisation and Decentralisation

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