Solution Manual for Strategic Management of Technological Innovation 6th Edition Melissa Schilling

This is completed downloadable of Solution Manual for Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, 6th Edition, Melissa Schilling

Product Details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1260565793
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1260565799
• Author:  Melissa Schilling

Melissa Schillings Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, is the #1 innovatoin strategy text in the world.  It approaches the subject of innovation management as a strategic process, and is organized to mirror the strategic management process used in most strategy textbooks, progressing from assessing the competitive dynamics of a situation to strategy formulation, to strategy implementation. While the book emphasizes practical applications and examples, it also provides systemic coverage of the existing research and footnotes to guide further reading.  It is designed to be a primary text for courses in strategic management and innovation and new product development.  It is written with the needs of both business students and engineering students.

 

Table of Content:

1. Chapter 1: Introduction
2. The Importance of Technological Innovation
3. The Impact of Technological Innovation on Society
4. Innovation by Industry: The Importance of Strategy
5. The Innovation Funnel
6. The Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
7. Summary of Chapter
8. Discussion Questions
9. Suggested Further Reading
10. Endnotes
11. Part One: Industry Dynamics of Technological Innovation
12. Chapter 2: Sources of Innovation
13. The Rise of “Clean Meat”
14. Overview
15. Creativity
16. Individual Creativity
17. Organizational Creativity
18. Translating Creativity Into Innovation
19. The Inventor
20. Innovation by Users
21. Research and Development by Firms
22. Firm Linkages with Customers, Suppliers, Competitors, and Complementors
23. Universities and Government-Funded Research
24. Private Nonprofit Organizations
25. Innovation in Collaborative Networks
26. Technology Clusters
27. Technological Spillovers
28. Summary of Chapter
29. Discussion Questions
30. Suggested Further Reading
31. Endnotes
32. Chapter 3: Types and Patterns of Innovation
33. Innovating in India: The Chotukool Project
34. Overview
35. Types of Innovation
36. Product Innovation versus Process Innovation
37. Radical Innovation versus Incremental Innovation
38. Competence-Enhancing Innovation versus Competence-Destroying Innovation
39. Architectural Innovation versus Component Innovation
40. Using the Dimensions
41. Technology S-Curves
42. S-Curves in Technological Improvement
43. S-Curves in Technology Diffusion
44. S-Curves as a Prescriptive Tool
45. Limitations of S-Curve Model as a Prescriptive Tool
46. Technology Cycles
47. Summary of Chapter
48. Discussion Questions
49. Suggested Further Reading
50. Endnotes
51. Chapter 4: Standards Battles, Modularity, and Platform Competition
52. A Battle for Dominance in Mobile Payments
53. Overview
54. Why Dominant Designs Are Selected
55. Learning Effects
56. Network Externalities
57. Government Regulation
58. The Result: Winner-Take-All Markets
59. Multiple Dimensions of Value
60. A Technology’s Stand-Alone Value
61. Network Externality Value
62. Competing for Design Dominance in Markets with Network Externalities
63. Modularity and Platform Competition
64. Modularity
65. Platform Ecosystems
66. Summary of Chapter
67. Discussion Questions
68. Suggested Further Reading
69. Endnotes
70. Chapter 5: Timing of Entry
71. UberAIR
72. Overview
73. First-Mover Advantages
74. Brand Loyalty and Technological Leadership
75. Preemption of Scarce Assets
76. Exploiting Buyer Switching Costs
77. Reaping Increasing Returns Advantages
78. First-Mover Disadvantages
79. Research and Development Expenses
80. Undeveloped Supply and Distribution Channels
81. Immature Enabling Technologies and Complements
82. Uncertainty of Customer Requirements
83. Factors Influencing Optimal Timing of Entry
84. Strategies to Improve Timing Options
85. Summary of Chapter
86. Discussion Questions
87. Suggested Further Reading
88. Endnotes
89. Part Two: Formulating Technological Innovation Strategy
90. Chapter 6: Defining the Organization’s Strategic Direction
91. Tesla, Inc. in 2018
92. Overview
93. Assessing the Firm’s Current Position
94. External Analysis
95. Internal Analysis
96. Identifying Core Competencies and Dynamic Capabilities
97. Core Competencies
98. The Risk of Core Rigidities
99. Dynamic Capabilities
100. Strategic Intent
101. Summary of Chapter
102. Discussion Questions
103. Suggested Further Reading
104. Endnotes
105. Chapter 7: Choosing Innovation Projects
106. Where Should We Focus Our Innovation Efforts? An Exercise
107. Overview
108. The Development Budget
109. Quantitative Methods For Choosing Projects
110. Discounted Cash Flow Methods
111. Real Options
112. Disadvantages of Quantitative Methods
113. Qualitative Methods for Choosing Projects
114. Screening Questions
115. The Aggregate Project Planning Framework
116. Q-Sort
117. Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Information
118. Conjoint Analysis
119. Data Envelopment Analysis
120. Summary of Chapter
121. Discussion Questions
122. Suggested Further Reading
123. Endnotes
124. Chapter 8: Collaboration Strategies
125. Ending HIV? Sangamo Therapeutics and Gene Editing
126. Overview
127. Reasons for Going Solo
128. 1. Availability of Capabilities
129. 2. Protecting Proprietary Technologies
130. 3. Controlling Technology Development and Use
131. 4. Building and Renewing Capabilities
132. Advantages of Collaborating
133. 1. Acquiring Capabilities and Resources Quickly
134. 2. Increasing Flexibility
135. 3. Learning from Partners
136. 4. Resource and Risk Pooling
137. 5. Building a Coalition around a Shared Standard
138. Types of Collaborative Arrangements
139. Strategic Alliances
140. Joint Ventures
141. Licensing
142. Outsourcing
143. Collective Research Organizations
144. Choosing a Mode of Collaboration
145. Choosing and Monitoring Partners
146. Partner Selection
147. Partner Monitoring and Governance
148. Summary of Chapter
149. Discussion Questions
150. Suggested Further Reading
151. Endnotes
152. Chapter 9: Protecting Innovation
153. The Digital Music Distribution Revolution
154. Overview
155. Appropriability
156. Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
157. Patents
158. Trademarks and Service Marks
159. Copyright
160. Trade Secrets
161. The Effectiveness and Use of Protection Mechanisms
162. Wholly Proprietary Systems versus Wholly Open Systems
163. Advantages of Protection
164. Advantages of Diffusion
165. Summary of Chapter
166. Discussion Questions
167. Suggested Further Reading
168. Endnotes
169. Part Three: Implementing Technological Innovation Strategy
170. Chapter 10: Organizing for Innovation
171. Organizing for Innovation at Google
172. Overview
173. Size and Structural Dimensions of the Firm
174. Size: Is Bigger Better?
175. Structural Dimensions of the Firm
176. Centralization
177. Formalization and Standardization
178. Mechanistic versus Organic Structures
179. Size versus Structure
180. The Ambidextrous Organization: The Best of Both Worlds?
181. Modularity and “Loosely Coupled” Organizations
182. Modular Products
183. Loosely Coupled Organizational Structures
184. Managing Innovation Across Borders
185. Summary of Chapter
186. Discussion Questions
187. Suggested Further Reading
188. Endnotes
189. Chapter 11: Managing the New Product Development Process
190. Scrums, Sprints, and Burnouts: Agile Development at Cisco Systems
191. Overview
192. Objectives of the New Product Development Process
193. Maximizing Fit with Customer Requirements
194. Minimizing Development Cycle Time
195. Controlling Development Costs
196. Sequential versus Partly Parallel Development Processes
197. Project Champions
198. Risks of Championing
199. Involving Customers and Suppliers in the Development Process
200. Involving Customers
201. Involving Suppliers
202. Crowdsourcing
203. Tools for Improving the New Product Development Process
204. Stage-Gate Processes
205. Quality Function Deployment (QFD)—The House of Quality
206. Design for Manufacturing
207. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
208. Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Engineering/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
209. Tools for Measuring New Product Development Performance
210. New Product Development Process Metrics
211. Overall Innovation Performance
212. Summary of Chapter
213. Discussion Questions
214. Suggested Further Reading
215. Endnotes
216. Chapter 12: Managing New Product Development Teams
217. Innovation Teams at the Walt Disney Company
218. Overview
219. Constructing New Product Development Teams
220. Team Size
221. Team Composition
222. The Structure of New Product Development Teams
223. Functional Teams
224. Lightweight Teams
225. Heavyweight Teams
226. Autonomous Teams
227. The Management of New Product Development Teams
228. Team Leadership
229. Team Administration
230. Managing Virtual Teams
231. Summary of Chapter
232. Discussion Questions
233. Suggested Further Reading
234. Endnotes
235. Chapter 13: Crafting a Deployment Strategy
236. Deployment Tactics in the Global Video Game Industry
237. Overview
238. Launch Timing
239. Strategic Launch Timing
240. Optimizing Cash Flow versus Embracing Cannibalization
241. Licensing and Compatibility
242. Pricing
243. Distribution
244. Selling Direct versus Using Intermediaries
245. Strategies for Accelerating Distribution
246. Marketing
247. Major Marketing Methods
248. Tailoring the Marketing Plan to Intended Adopters
249. Using Marketing to Shape Perceptions and Expectations
250. Summary of Chapter
251. Discussion Questions
252. Suggested Further Reading
253. Endnotes
254. Index