Strategy - Innovation, Technology and Competition

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Strategy - Innovation, Technology and Competition

Innovation is increasingly regarded as an important basis for sustainable competitive advantage in organisations and innovation and the management of technology is assuming an increasing importance in strategic management courses. There are a number of good Web resources on innovation.

University of Warwick Business Processes Resource Centre

One of the best business innovation resources on the Web is the set of learning materials developed with ESRC funding and hosted at the University of Warwick. There are five modules that may be downloaded by following the links from this page: Module 1, Product Innovation; Module 2, Process Innovation; Module 3, Technology and Strategy; Module 4, Creative Problem Solving; and Module 5, Implementing Technological Innovation. Each module is available as a package from a different research centre. Some specialist software may be necessary to utilise all the resources.

Although some materials are directed towards teaching the modules rather than students taking the course, this is nevertheless a good resource. It is also well worth exploring the links to other innovation resources from this page.

Further References

Management of Innovation and New Technology (MINT) Research Centre

Some interesting and useful material although many resources have to be paid for.

ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC)

Centre for Research on Organisations, Management and Technical Change (CROMTEC)

Another centre dealing with technology and strategy.

A Business Researcher's Interests (BRINT)

A huge site with information and links about Business and Technology Management, among other things. From the home page, follow links to Business & Technology. Other useful links from Complex Systems, Re-Engineering and Virtual Corporations.

Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics

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