The Global Brain Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World, (paperback)

by Nambisan, Satish; Sawhney, Mohanbir

• ISBN13: 9780137064861
• ISBN10: 0137064861
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-12
• Publisher: Ft Pr

Summary

All the talk about "open innovation" and externally-focused innovation assumes that "one size fits all" in terms of what network-centric innovation is and how companies should harness external creativity. But the reality is that there is no one right way to master this tool. For instance, loosely governed community-based innovation projects are a very different animal from tightly-orchestrated development projects driven by a large firm. As the landscape of network-centric innovation becomes more diverse and more confusing, there is a desperate need to structure the landscape to better understand different models for network-centric innovation. This book brings clarity to the confusion. Further, it argues that managers cannot rely on anecdotal success stories they read about in the press to implement a network-centric innovation strategy. They need rigorous and analytical advice on what role their company should play in an innovation network, what capabilities they need to create, and how they need to prepare their organization for this significant shift in the innovation approach. This book offers a practical and detailed roadmap for planning and implementing an externally-focused innovation strategy.

Author Biography

Satish Nambisan is a professor of technology management and strategy at the Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is a globally recognized researcher and thoughtleader in the areas of innovation management and technology strategy, and his recent research work has focused on customer co-innovation, network-centric innovation, and IT-enabled product development. His research has been published in premier management journals such as

Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Management Science, and Academy of Management Review. Through

his consulting work and executive lectures, Satish has helped many companies in the United States, Singapore, and India in managing innovation and product development. Prior to joining the academia, Satish held executive positions at the consumer-products giant Unilever Plc. in Mumbai, India. More details about his research and consulting are available at www.satish-nambisan.com.

Mohanbir Sawhney is the McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology and the Director of the Center for Research in Technology & Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a widely published expert in the areas of innovation, marketing, and strategy. He has authored several influential articles in publications like the Harvard Business Review and the MIT Sloan Management Review. His contributions to the literature on innovation include concepts like mediated innovation, community-centric innovation, and collaborative innovation with customers in a networked world. He consults with and advises dozens of Global 2000 companies around the world. This is his fourth book.

Table of Contents

Foreword xvii

Introduction 1

 

Part I            From Firm-Centric to Network Centric Innovation 9

Chapter 1         The Power of Network-Centricity 11

Chapter 2         Understanding Network-Centric Innovation 29

 

Part II           The Landscape of Network-Centric Innovation 49

Chapter 3         The Four Models of Network-Centric Innovation 51

Chapter 4         Innovation Networks: The Players and the Plays 67

 

Part III          The Four Models of Network-Centric Innovation 83

Chapter 5         The Orchestra Model 85

Chapter 6         The Creative Bazaar Model 113

Chapter 7         The jam Central Model 139

Chapter 8         The MOD (“MODification”) Station Model 157

 

Part IV          Executing Network-Centric Innovation 175

Chapter 9         Deciding Where and How to Play 177

Chapter 10       Preparing the Organization 197

 

Part V           Globalization and Network-Centric Innovation 217

Chapter 11       Globalizing Network-Centric Innovation: The  Dragon and the Tiger 219

Chapter 12       Concluding Thoughts & Actions for “Monday” Morning 237

 

References 253

Index 267