Title : 
Systematic approach to superior innovation structures
         
        
            Author : 
Boutellier, Roman ; Deplazes, Ursula ; Deplazes, Wolfgang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
         
        
        
            fDate : 
July 29 2007-Aug. 1 2007
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Companies realize the new challenges arising from disruptive business environments and dasiaroutinizationpsila of innovation. However, the track-record of companies successfully encompassing both, incremental and radical change, has been poor. This paper proposes a systematic approach for practitioners to design innovation structures, process architectures and consistent organizations. The approach is based on strategies of modularity, complexity reduction and a process-based organizational view. A case study illustrates the approach.
         
        
            Keywords : 
design engineering; innovation management; organisational aspects; complexity reduction; design; innovation management; innovation structures; organization management; process architectures; Business continuity; Companies; Design optimization; Helium; Innovation management; Process design; Research and development; Research and development management; Technological innovation; Uncertainty; Complex systems; Complexity; Innovation management; Modularity; Organization management; Process management; R&D management;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Engineering Management Conference, 2007 IEEE International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Austin, TX
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2145-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2146-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IEMC.2007.5235059