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ZFB Special Issue 2/2007: Innovation Orientation, Innovativeness and Innovation Success
ZFB Special Issue 2/2007 Innovation Orientation Innovativeness and Innovation Success Author:Ernst, Prof. Dr. Holger, Gemüden, Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Radicalness of an innovation or "innovativeness" has become a major theme of Innovation Management during the last years. With an ongoing "innoflation" of the term "innovation" researchers in innovation management have sought to differentiate between different types of innovation which mainly differ in the degree of innovativeness. Terms like ... more »"radical" (vs. "incremental") innovations have been used, or focus has been on related constructs like "disruptive", "discontinuous", or "breakthrough innovation". Recurring on Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions terms like "dominant designs" or "architectural innovations" have been introduced to describe the extent of technological innovations and industrial change. Thus, it is not too surprising that the contributions of this special issue refer to the multi-dimensional construct "innovativeness", its complex relationships with innovation success, and its antecedents.« less