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Corporate innovation systems and the effect of continuity, competence, and cooperation on innovation performance
(2021) Kötting, Michael; Kuckertz, Andreas
Innovations have always been an essential factor for the long-term success of corporations. This is all the more true at times like the present, which is becoming increasingly dynamic and fast due to such effects as digitalization and globalization. However, as important as innovations are for the success of corporations, their systematic development is just as challenging. This fact can be demonstrated not least by numerous practical examples in which formerly successful corporations were unable to react appropriately to changing market and competitive conditions and consequently had to give up their market position. The challenges in the development of innovations can be traced back to different organizational conditions, which are necessary for the efficient exploitation of existing products on the one hand and the exploration of new innovations on the other. The scientific literature recommends, among other things, the separation of exploration and exploitation into different organizational units to meet the challenges mentioned above. In addition to the operational business units, which are usually responsible for the exploitation of existing products, it is advisable to establish innovation units, such as corporate incubators or corporate venture capital units, and to entrust them with the exploration of innovations. For a detailed examination of the current state of research on corporate incubators and corporate venture capital, two systematic literature analyses were carried out within the scope of this thesis. As a result, it was discovered that further research is needed, particularly concerning the organizational integration of such innovation units into the overall organization and the associated conflicts of objectives. To make an initial contribution to closing the research gap mentioned above, a further study of this work is devoted to the organizational integration of different innovation programs in an established corporation. This study differs from previous studies in that it takes an overarching perspective and considers the entire organization, including the innovation units, as a holistic innovation system. Such a corporate innovation system consists of at least three different types of innovation units in addition to the operational business units: exploration-oriented innovation units for the generation of disruptive innovations, exploitation-oriented innovation units for the further development of existing products and transformation-oriented innovation units for the transformation of the corporate culture. Such a system can ensure the systematic and sustainable generation of innovations, especially in the interaction of the various innovation units. In addition to the basic establishment of the innovation units mentioned above, however, appropriate organizational framework conditions are required to ensure that innovations can be developed successfully. The fourth study in this thesis is dedicated to the question of how continuity, competence and cooperation affect the innovation performance of corporations. It could be analyzed that the continuous implementation of innovation activities has the greatest positive effect on the innovation performance of enterprises. While cooperation, in combination with continuity, has a short- to medium-term impact on innovation performance, competence and continuity have a long-term effect on innovation performance. Cooperation and competence are complementary concepts in that cooperation should be used for short-term innovation activities, while competence should be used for the long-term sustainable development of innovations within the enterprise. As a result, this work addresses existing research gaps with regard to the integration of innovation units and the organizational structures of corporations and provides valuable insights and approaches for further research. For this purpose, it was necessary to link findings from the field of innovation management and corporate venturing with concepts of organizational theory. Through this connection, we have succeeded in gaining new scientific insights that previously could not be gained independently within the individual research streams. We are convinced that our findings on Corporate Innovation Systems and the effects of continuity, competence and cooperation on innovation performance have made an important scientific contribution. That is all the more true at a time when successful innovation is becoming increasingly important for corporations and a growing number of newly emerging innovation units can be observed in practice.
Funktionale Dynamik von Technologischen Innovationssystemen im Bereich der Erneuerbaren Energietechnologien : Das Beispiel der weltweiten Durchsetzung von batteriebetriebenen Fahrzeugen und Plug-in-Hybridfahrzeugen
(2018) Sauer, Andreas; Gerybadze, Alexander
Electric mobility received a new boost with the recent turn of the millennium, when mankind realized that the progressing climate change is attributable to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), which is also emitted through traffic worldwide. Within the traffic sector, CO2 emissions through road mobility increased in particular, which is why the focus is on electric vehicles and especially on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEV). For the realization of electric mobility, electrochemical energy storage is being considered a key technology primarily because of their significant contribution to value creation, for which reason an international competition has begun in order to secure large market shares as early as possible. As to the methodology for analysis which countries worldwide have the best prerequisites for this competition, the fundamentals of technological innovation systems (TIS) in the field of renewable energy technologies have been chosen, documented and discussed in detail. The TIS-approach developed evolutionary across different approaches of innovation system research and today allows not only for a functional analysis of TIS, but also offers a phase model for TIS development that is being discussed and revised in the present dissertation. An investigation of relevant case studies in renewable energy technologies according to the three criteria hypothesis, result and lesson learned allowed to derive best practices for the following, detailed comparative innovation system analysis. A comprehensive roadmapping until the year 2030 shows that technological development paths are available, which application variety and market development can be expected and which specific challenges have to be solved in order to reconcile technological progress with market-related demand. Hence, against this background, the TIS revolving around energy storage for electric mobility on battery system level and before the integration into specific vehicle concepts respectively in Germany in the context of the European Union has been analyzed and compared with the TIS in the countries China, Japan, Korea, the USA and France in this dissertation. These six countries have been determined as leading as a result of a patent analysis, whereby after initial leadership by the USA in the 80’s, in particular Japan is today by far the undisputed technology leader. The analysis started with significant structural components and therewith the energy storage industry/battery manufacturers. The automobile industry and electric vehicle manufacturers respectively have been analyzed, too, separated into PHEV and BEV manufacturing companies. With the three companies Toyota Motor Corp. (from the pioneer and innovation leader in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to the pioneer and innovation leader in fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV)), Tesla Inc. (from attacker to world market leader in BEV) and the BMW Group (Plug-in-hybridization of the product range on the way to the premium manufacturer of BEV), three entirely different business strategies have been analyzed in detailed case studies. Further structural components like networks and non-technical institutions/framework conditions were also taken into account during the analysis. Subsequently, the functional pattern of the TIS in the six leading countries has been analyzed, along the seven key processes and functions respectively of the influence on the direction of search, knowledge development, entrepreneurial experimentation, knowledge diffusion/development of positive externalities, legitimation, resource mobilization and market formation. Overall, a big lead by the Asian countries follows from the investigation results and especially Japan ahead of China and Korea, ahead of the USA, France and Germany that becomes smaller but has still not been caught up yet. In conclusion, the functionality of the TIS surrounding energy storage for electric mobility in Germany has been evaluated, which is in a formative phase and therewith on one level with the neighbor country France and the USA. From the strengths and weaknesses, the inducing and blocking key factors of the TIS surrounding energy storage for electric mobility were derived and shown as drivers and blockages. From this, political key questions resulted, which need to be answered regarding the further positioning of the German automotive industry for electric mobility in general and electrochemical energy storage technologies in particular.
Towards asymmetric partnership management against the background of corporate entrepreneurship and open innovation literature
(2019) Allmendinger, Martin P.; Kuckertz, Andreas
The disruptive force of digitalisation and the acceleration of the innovation markets are radically changing the way in which large and established organisations innovate and how they bring new solutions to existing and new markets. Large corporate firms have started to rethink their innovation strategy by enabling partnerships with new and smaller innovation partners such as highly-skilled and technology-driven startups. To leverage the full innovation market potential, large firms seek opportunities and mechanisms to effectively manage these asymmetric partnerships and to ultimately generate new strategic competitive advantages. Based on the corporate entrepreneurship and open innovation literature, this dissertation offers broad and deep insights on the still under-researched phenomenon of Asymmetric Partnership Management. By including the perspectives of both partners, this manuscript highlights the necessity for large corporate firms to reconsider their collaborative innovation behaviour in terms of the individual needs of startup entrepreneurs. The results of the empirical studies demonstrate that large firms are willing to learn from the startup community and proactively pave the way for asymmetric partnerships by testing and maintaining new structures, processes, and activities. Large corporate firms invest in a startup-oriented partnership capability to increase the effectiveness of their Asymmetric Partnership Management and to ultimately become an innovation partner of choice. However, startup entrepreneurs are more willing to enter asymmetric partnerships when they perceive large corporate firms to be trustworthy based on different partner selection criteria. The findings of this dissertation contribute to entrepreneurship, innovation, partnership, and trust research and have practical implications for the future orientation and design of innovation and partner management of large firms. In addition to innovation managers, startup entrepreneurs can benefit from these insights and learn to improve their collaborative behaviour and to proactively realise the full potential of innovation-oriented partnerships.