Kuniyoshi Urabe & John Child 
Innovation and Management [PDF ebook] 
International Comparisons

Frontmatter – Preface – Contents – Table A (List of Committee Members) – Table B (List of Speakers) – Table C (Commentators’ List) – Part I. Innovation under Japanese Management – Innovation and the Japanese Management System – The Japanese Corporate System and Technology Accumulation – Dynamic Synergy and Top Management Leadership: Strategie Innovation in Japanese Companies – A Comparative Evolutionary Perspective on Strategy-Making: Advantages and Limitations of the Japanese Approach – Novel Product Concepts from Lead Users – Part II. Process of Innovation – Factors Affecting the Creativity of Organizations – An Approach from the Analysis of New Product Development – Technology Bunching and Industrial Strategies – Part III. Innovation and Organizational Change – Strategy Making as Craft – Management of Change in the Firm – Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence – Restructuring Mature Industries: The Challenge for Europe – On the Inter-Relation Between Large and Small Enterprises in a Socialist Economy: The Case of the GDR – Part IV. Impact of Information Technology and Micro-Electronics – Information Technology and Organization – High Technology and Its Impact on Business Management – Adapting Organizations to Micro-Electronics – and Micro-Electronics to Organizations: Experiences in the Federal Republic of Germany – Technology, Innovation and Labour-Management Strategies – Research Note – Development of the Studies of Socialist Enterprise in Japan and “Innovation” of the Socialist Enterprise – The Authors – Backmatter