Title :
Reducing the uncertainty in managing breakthrough technological innovations
Author_Institution :
Lally Sch. of Manage. & Technol., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
Innovation has long been studied with various arguments about why it should be studied. This discussion of innovation has led to an appreciation of differences between incremental innovation and breakthrough or radical innovation. In this paper, the authors contend that the processes for successfully managing breakthrough and incremental innovation are different and, further, that managing incremental innovation might be detrimental to the management of breakthrough innovation
Keywords :
research and development management; R&D; breakthrough technological innovations management; incremental innovation; radical innovation; uncertainty reduction; Engineering profession; Information processing; Innovation management; Instruments; Lenses; Project management; Resource management; Technological innovation; Technology management; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-02-4
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.807800
