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Management of technology in traditional industries: a pilot study in ten Belgian companies
Author(s) -
Meyer Arnoud
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1983.tb01125.x
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , minor (academic) , process (computing) , business , empirical research , operations management , innovation management , process management , marketing , industrial organization , knowledge management , engineering , computer science , political science , mathematics , artificial intelligence , law , operating system , statistics
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 subindustry to which the company belongs, and that the selection process is for the majority of these companies only a minor problem.