Knowledge Integration and Innovation: Critical Challenges Facing International Technology-Based Firms

Knowledge Integration and Innovation: Critical Challenges Facing International Technology-Based Firms
ISBN-10
0199666326
ISBN-13
9780199666324
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
311
Language
English
Published
2013-01-24
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Authors
Lars Bengtsson, Jonas Söderlund, Michael Hobday

Description

Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation, and are continuously required to present new solutions to an exacting market. Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary, collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledgeintegration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern firms. It provides original, detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal organizations, tocollaboration between firms.

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