Management of technology in traditional industries: A pilot-study in 10 Belgian companies
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1983
Abstract
Empirical Research about management of innovation has mainly been limited to the Anglo-Saxon world. In this paper the author reports on a pilot study, which is part of a larger project, in ten small and medium-sized Belgian companies, all of them active in rather mature industries. The study concerned aspects of idea generation, problem-solving, project selection, and some organizational aspects of the innovation process. An interesting hypothesis resulting from this study is that innovation is mainly an incremental process along a natural trajectory characteristic for the sub-industry to which the company belongs, and that the selection process is for the majority of these companies only a minor problem.
Discipline
Operations and Supply Chain Management | Technology and Innovation
Research Areas
Operations Management
Publication
R&D Management
Volume
13
Issue
1
First Page
15
Last Page
22
ISSN
0033-6807
Identifier
10.1111/j.1467-9310.1983.tb01125.x
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Citation
DE MEYER, Arnoud Cyriel Leo.
Management of technology in traditional industries: A pilot-study in 10 Belgian companies. (1983). R&D Management. 13, (1), 15-22.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5470
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.1983.tb01125.x