Innovation without R&D [electronic resource] : Heterogeneous Innovation Patterns of Non-R&D-Performing Firms in the German Manufacturing Industry /
Som, Oliver.author.
Firms without research and development (R&D) have frequently been neglected by mainstream innovation research. The small number of existing studies provides only fragmented and sometimes even contradictory findings, because they assume that non-R&D-performing firms show a  "typical", homogeneous innovation pattern. Oliver Som challenges this assumption. Based on current firm-level data of the German  industry, he provides pioneer quantitative evidence of five heterogeneous innovation patterns of non-R&D-performers. The findings impressively underline the need for future innovation research, -management and -policy to extend their view on innovation beyond the scope of R&D.
Foreword; Preface; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Economic relevance of non-R&D-intensive industries; 1.2 Innovation and competitive strategies of non-R&D-intensive firms; 1.3 Identifying the research gap; 1.4 Motivation, research objectives and approach of the thesis; 1.5 Positioning in theory of science; 2 R&D as a determinant of technological progress, eco-nomic growth and firms' competitiveness; 2.1 The concept of ""economic growth""; 2.2 From SCHUMPETER to economic growth theory
2.3 The classical start SOLOW'S theory of exogenous economic growth2.4 The advancement of SOLOW'S inheritance The endogenous growth theory; 2.5 Economic growth theory in the context of this thesis; 2.6 The firm level perspective institutionalised in-house R&D; 2.7 Excursion Analysis of the economic relevance of different R&D-intensive sectors in German manufacturing industry; 2.8 The shift from the R&D paradigm to a systemic innovation ap-proach; 3 Firms' heterogeneity and sources of innovation and economic success beyond the scope of R&D
3.1 Evolutionary economic theory and the heterogeneity of firms3.2 Structural heterogeneity of non-R&D-performing firms; 3.3 Sources of firms' competitive advantage in strategic manage-ment; 3.4 Extending the firm-internal resource-based theory; 4 Development of a guiding conceptual framework for the empirical analysis; 4.1 The research questions revisited; 4.2 Integration of evolutionary theory and resource-based theory; 4.3 Defining the key concepts; 4.4 Implications for the empirical analysis of innovation patterns of non-R&D-performing firms
4.5 Quantitative measurement of firms' innovation resources4.6 Guiding theses for the empirical analysis; 5 Empirical analysis of non-R&D-performing firms in the German manufacturing industry; 5.1 Database; 5.2 Selection of measures and indicators; 5.3 Descriptive analysis of non-R&D-performing firms' innovation characteristics in the German manufacturing industry; 5.4 Cluster analysis of innovation patterns of non-R&D-performing firms in the German manufacturing industry; 5.5 Summary - five innovation patterns of non-R&D-performing firms; 6 Consolidation, interpretation and outlook
6.1 Summary6.2 Interpretation of results; 6.3 Limitations and need for further research; List of references; Annex
"This publication has been accepted as a dissertation at the University of Flensburg, Internationales Institut fur Management (IIM), 2011"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Firms without research and development (R&D) have frequently been neglected by mainstream innovation research. The small number of existing studies provides only fragmented and sometimes even contradictory findings, because they assume that non-R&D-performing firms show a  "typical", homogeneous innovation pattern. Oliver Som challenges this assumption. Based on current firm-level data of the German  industry, he provides pioneer quantitative evidence of five heterogeneous innovation patterns of non-R&D-performers. The findings impressively underline the need for future innovation research, -management and -policy to extend their view on innovation beyond the scope of R&D.
Leadership.
Business Strategy/Leadership.