Innovation and IT in an International Context

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction: A Systemic View of Innovation

   1. Introduction: A Systemic View of Innovation

      • Dov Te’eni, Frantz Rowe

      Pages 1-15

3. Strategizing the R&D Function

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. International Open Innovation: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

      • Bruno Cirillo, Giovanni Valentini

      Pages 19-46

   3. The Organization of the Knowledge Base and Inventive Performance

      • Ludovic Dïbiaggio, Maryam Nasiriyar, Lionel Nesta

      Pages 47-64

   4. Industrial Clustering and Innovative Output

      • Barak S. Aharonson, Joel A. C. Baum, Maryann P. Feldman

      Pages 65-81

4. IS Support for R&D Coordination and Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Why Innovative Design Requires New Scientific Foundations for Manageable Identities of Systems

      • Gilbert Giacomoni, Jean-Claude Sardas

      Pages 86-115

   3. Configurational Thinking and Value Creation from Digital Innovation: The Case of Product Lifecycle Management Implementation

      • Robert G. Fichman, Satish Nambisan, Marc Halpern

      Pages 115-139

   4. Coordination of R&D Activities and Communities of Practice in Multinational Companies

      • Lusine Arzumanyan, Ulrike Mayrhofer, Christopher Melin

      Pages 140-154

   5. Effects of Product Lifecycle Management on the Reliability and Productivity of New Product Development: The Case of Co-development with China

      • Valéry Merminod, Caroline Mothe, Frantz Rowe

      Pages 155-186

5. Innovation and Collaboration in an International Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 188-188

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   2. Helping Global Software-Development Teams to Overcome the Challenges of Temporal Dispersion and National Diversity: The Importance of Leadership Roles

      • Iván Alfaro

      Pages 189-210

   3. IT Use and Dispersed New Product Development Project Performance: The Mediating Role of Coordination

      • Céline Péréa, Sebastien Brion

      Pages 211-235

   4. ‘Looking for Trouble’ in Global Information Systems Development and New Product Development Outsourcing Projects

      • Roman Beck

      Pages 236-248

   5. Market, Technological and Process Management Knowledge in New Product Development Projects and the Value of New Products

      • Vered Holzmann

      Pages 249-267

   6. Conclusion

      • Frantz Rowe, Dov Te’eni

      Pages 268-273

6. Back Matter

   Pages 274-288

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Innovation and IT are intertwined. In order to understand how, this book takes an interdisciplinary view of innovation in an international and digital world. It addresses strategic and operational aspects of R and D and new product development, emphasizing knowledge management, configurational design, distance and diversity.

• China
• clustering
• Information Technology (IT)
• innovation
• knowledge management
• management
• organization
• performance
• research & development (R&D)
• software development

• University of Nantes and SKEMA Business School, France

  Frantz Rowe

• Tel Aviv University, Israel

  Dov Te’eni

Frantz Rowe is a professor in the Institute of Economics and Management at Nantes University, France. His research conducted at SKEMA Business School and LEMNA includes information systems and knowledge integration (particularly ERP and PLM systems), inter-organizational information systems and IS-enabled organizational transformation. Frantz is past president of AIM, Head of Master in Consulting and Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Information Systems.

Dov Te'eni holds the Mexico Chair for Information Systems at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He studies how computers support people working and sharing knowledge. He is past President of AIS – the International Association of Information Systems. He also serves as an academic director of the Orange Institute for Internet Research at Tel Aviv University. Dov was awarded the AIS Fellowship in 2008.

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