Research on the Management of Innovation The Minnesota Studies

by Van de Ven, Andrew H.; Angle, Harold L.; Poole, Marshall Scott

• ISBN13: 9780195139761
• ISBN10: 0195139763
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a reprint of a classic work of research on innovation first published in 1989. Resulting from the Minnesota Innovation Research Program (MIRP), the book includes a revised and expanded Preface and will complement the three other books growing out of the program, all published by Oxford-- The Innovation Journey (1999), Organizational Change Processes: Theory and Methods for Research (2000), and Handbook of Organizational Change and Development (coming 2001).

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xiii
Preface to the Paperback Edition	xvii
Preface to the Original Edition	xxiii
SECTION I OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH PROGRAM AND METHODS	1	(104)
An Introduction to the Minnesota Innovation Research Program	3	(28)
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Harold L. Angle
Methods for Studying Innovation Processes	31	(24)
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Marshall Scott Poole
A Psychometric Assessment of the Minnesota Innovation Survey	55	(50)
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Yun-han Chu
SECTION II THE MINNESOTA INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM FRAMEWORK	105	(114)
The Development of Innovation Ideas	107	(28)
Roger G. Schroeder
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Gary D. Scudder
Douglas Polley
Psychology and Organizational Innovation	135	(36)
Harold L. Angle
Formal and Informal Dimensions of Transactions	171	(22)
Peter Smith Ring
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Innovation Outcomes, Learning, and Action Loops	193	(26)
Bright M. Dorblaser
Tse-min Lin
Andrew H. Van de Ven
SECTION III STUDIES OF BUSINESS CREATION	219	(80)
Processes of New Business Creation in Different Organizational Settings	221	(78)
Andrew H. Van de Ven
S. Venkataraman
Douglas Polley
Raghu Garud
SECTION IV STUDIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE INNOVATIONS	299	(98)
The Process of Public Policy Innovation	303	(34)
Nancy C. Roberts
Paulaa J. King
Sensemaking, Understanding, and Committing: Emergent Interpersonal Transaction Processes in the Evolution of 3M's Microgravity Research Program	337	(30)
Peter Smith Ring
Gordon P. Rands
Communication, Conflict, and Learning in Mergers and Acquisitions	367	(30)
David T. Bastien
SECTION V STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS	397	(136)
Managing Complex Innovations: The Case of Defense Contracting	401	(38)
Gary D. Scudder
Roger G. Schroeder
Andrew Van de Ven
Gary R. Seiler
Robert M. Wiseman
Assessing the Emergence of New Technologies: The Case of Compound Semiconductors	439	(26)
Michael A. Rappa
The Management of Research and Development of a Biological Innovation	465	(24)
Mary K. Knudson
Vernon W. Ruttan
Technological Innovation and Industry Emergence: The Case of Cochlear Implants	489	(44)
Raghu Garud
Andrew H. Van de Ven
SECTION VI STUDIES OF ADOPTION OF INNOVATION	533	(78)
Externally-Induced Innovation	537	(24)
Alfred A. Marcus
Mark J. Weber
Depth and Breadth in Innovation Implementation: The Case of School-Based Management	561	(22)
Karin M. Lindquist
John J. Mauriel
Mobilizing Innovation Efforts: The Case of Government Strategic Planning	583	(28)
John M. Bryson
William D. Roering
SECTION VII ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE STUDIES	611	(88)
Leadership and Innovation: A Longitudinal Process View	613	(24)
Charles C. Manz
David T. Bastien
Todd J. Hostager
George L. Shapiro
Toward a General Theory of Innovation Processes	637	(26)
Marshall Scott Poole
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Suggestions for Managing the Innovation Journey	663	(36)
Harold L. Angle
Andrew H. Van de Ven
Index	699	(13)
About the Contributors	712