Innovation Exposed Case Studies of Strategy, Organization and Cultur
Collectively led companies are considered more flexible, faster and more innovative. But how are innovations developed in heterarchical, that is non-hierarchical or agile organizations? What can we learn for classical innovation management and organizatio
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Innovation Exposed Case Studies of Strategy, Organization and Culture in Heterarchies
Innovation Exposed
Sarah Schoellhammer
Innovation Exposed Case Studies of Strategy, Organization and Culture in Heterarchies With a foreword by Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h. c. Dietmar Vahs
Sarah Schoellhammer Würzburg, Germany Dissertation University of the West of Scotland, 2018, United Kingdom
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Foreword “Panta rhei” - Everything is changing, only one thing seems constant: the reference to increasing pressure to innovate. It would be an innovation to start a scientific text with a different topic. However, this pressure can be regarded the central trigger for far-reaching changes in the organization of companies that cannot yet be foreseen. Digitalization, globalization, demographic changes, ever shorter development and product cycles: more and more industries are characterized by hypercompetition. While China has been belittled as a copy-cat in the past, Chinese companies have already surpassed the West in many areas following their strategy “China 2025”. In order to survive in the medium and long term, companies must more than ever be able to adapt flexibly to rapidly changing conditions. This ability of companies to adapt to new environments, to find their evolutionary niche and to transform themselves to fit the niche fast enough can be regarded as THE core competence of the future. At the same time, digitalization offers many opportunities. In
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