Management of Convergence in Innovation Strategies and Capabilities for Value Creation Beyond Blurring Industry Boundaries /

• Main Author: Hacklin, Fredrik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2008.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Management.; Industrial management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Innovation/Technology Management.; IT in Business.

Throughout the past decade, the phenomenon of technological convergence has increasingly gained managerial attention. In this special form of technological change, the coming-together of previously distinct knowledge bases gives rise to the creation of new applications and business models. When such...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of convergence and innovation
• An evolutionary perspective on convergence
• Capabilities for coevolutionary contingency
• Managing through cycles of convergence
• Conclusions.