Management of Innovation in Network Industries: The Mobile Internet in Japan and Europe

by Michael Haas

Overview

Motivation and Research Questions This work seeks to further our understanding on the management of innovations in network industries. Although the economics of network markets like telecommunications, Internet, email, media, computer, and service operations in banking, legal and airline industries have become a major field of economic research; knowledge about how to manage innovation within these markets is less advanced et al. 2000: 793; 2003: 198). The goods and services of these industries regularly manifest themselves as complex system products, which are composed of multiple mutually dependent components and often supplied by different industries 1998: 691; TIDD 1995: 308). Innovation processes associated with complex systems products, therefore, display a systemic character and the issue of how to coordinate the diverse but nevertheless complementary inputs poses a major challenge for innovation management. The issue of how to organise complex innovation projects, however, is still open for debate: A broad range of organisational forms—e. g, vertical integration and TEECE (1996: 68), TEECE (1996: 205), and (2001: 227); decentralised networks—BRESNAHAN and (1999: 13-14); (1999: 162) and (1992: 310); proje- organisationsmHOBDAV (2000: 892) has not only been theoretically derived, but is reported as well in practical use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783835003477
Publisher:	Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Publication date:	07/26/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Dr. Michael Haas promovierte am Japanzentrum und dem Department für Betriebswirtschaftslehre der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Er ist als Unternehmensberater in der Telekommunikations-, Informations- und Medienbranche tätig.

Table of Contents

Innovation in Network Industries: A General Introduction and Analytical Framework.- The Innovational Challenges of Mobile Internet Services:Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Reflections.- Organisation of Technical Development and Market Creation in Japan and Europe 2006.- Market Introduction of Mobile Internet Services: Innovative Performance in Japan and Europe.- Concluding Analysis: The Causal Links between Team Organisation, Team Behaviour and Team Performance.- Key Findings, Implications, and Conclusions.