Organizing the Firm for Innovation: A Bridge Between Innovation Strategy and Implementation

组织公司创新：创新战略与实施之间的桥梁

• 批准号: 1633251
• 负责人: Jonathon Cummings
• 金额: $ 42.68万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1633251&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Organizing; Firm; Innovation; Bridge; Between

Innovation is an important source of growth for firms, whether it entails the development of new products that require hiring more employees or the introduction of new services that allow for expansion into different markets. A key challenge facing firms, and the goal of this research, is to better understand how organization choices are related to the likelihood of project success. These choices include, for example, whether project managers are provided specific versus general goals, the assignment of projects to existing vs new organizational units, the degree of autonomy granted to project managers, and whether all the resources needed for project execution are allocated initially or over time as milestones are met. Research on the impact of these choices will assist in guiding strategic decisions as well as management practice related to project implementation. Policy makers and program administrators involved in the funding of science and technology will gain insight into how firms effectively organize for innovation.The research is conducted with leading firms across a range of different industries. Each of the participating organizations has selected projects for the study that are succeeding as well as failing in order to ensure variation in project outcomes. The research includes the development of a survey instrument that will be administered to over 100 projects across the participating firms. Statistical analyses will examine the relationships between organizational choices and innovation project outcomes. The unique empirical setting, when combined with multiple methods of data collection, will make a significant contribution to academic scholarship, industry practice, and innovation policy.

创新是企业增长的一个重要来源，无论是开发需要雇用更多员工的新产品，还是引入新服务以扩展到不同的市场。企业面临的一个关键挑战，以及本研究的目标，是更好地了解组织的选择是如何与项目成功的可能性。例如，这些选择包括是否为项目经理提供具体目标和总体目标、将项目分配给现有组织单元还是新组织单元、赋予项目经理的自主权程度，以及项目执行所需的所有资源是最初分配还是随着时间的推移分配。达到里程碑。对这些选择的影响的研究将有助于指导战略决策以及与项目实施有关的管理实践。参与科学和技术资助的政策制定者和项目管理者将深入了解企业如何有效地组织创新。这项研究是与一系列不同行业的领先企业进行的。每个参与组织都为研究选定了成功和失败的项目，以确保项目成果的差异。该研究包括开发一种调查工具，将对参与公司的100多个项目进行管理。统计分析将研究组织选择和创新项目成果之间的关系。独特的经验设置，当与多种数据收集方法相结合时，将为学术奖学金，行业实践和创新政策做出重大贡献。