editing on my writing
The Four Modes of Innovation Framework (Innovation initiatives within the simulation fall within one of these modes)
External
Internal
Community
Specialist
Venture
Network
Organizational Scope
Informal
Formal
Incentive Mechanism
“Self-selecting self-arranging”
“Hierarchy”
no <= “Crossing firm boundaries” => yes
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Digitization and Collaborative Culture have caused an Expanded Innovation Landscape
Example: Specialist Mode
Extreme levels of performance: high quality
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Using new tools to influence design capabilities
Example: Venture Mode
Allowing rapid, low cost development
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New sources of entrepreneurial ideas
Community Mode
Many new ideas, for lower cost
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“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Aristotle
Example: Network Mode
Collaboration and partnership is important!
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An innovation ecosystem, gains in efficiency
Opportunities and Challenges
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Characteristics and example of Initiatives
Specialist (can develop high quality ideas, but can be limited in the quantity and diversity)
E.g. Digital marketing expert
Venture (can be individuals, corporate entrepreneurs or small internal teams able quickly identify, select and assemble necessary recourses)
E.g. Internal venture groups
Network (combines trust-based sharing and collaborations with high level of expertise, takes advantage of networking and innovation system)
E.g. Special projects with leading advertisers
Community (open innovation, attracts large number of new ideas for little cost)
E.g. The Citizen Sun social media followers (crowdsourcing initiatives)
Innovation Mode Opportunities Challenges
Specialist
New design tools allow
advancing technology
Building capability
internally
New collaborative tools
can spur process
advances
Keeping superior
personnel
Venture
Novices and resource
constrained projects can
enter
Finding scalable
projects and markets
With new entrants, the
markets for new services
will grow
Design and
manufacturing
scalability
Community
Prospective customer
involvement
Establishing
sustainable and
scalable business
models
Traditional open
innovation benefits
Maintaining inflow
of new participants
Network
Bundling expertise
from different fields
Balancing external
and intrinsic
motivation
Improved product
solutions and process
efficiencies
Increasing systems-
level integration
|
Innovation Mode |
Opportunities |
Challenges |
|
Specialist |
New design tools allow advancing technology |
Building capability internally |
|
|
New collaborative tools can spur process advances |
Keeping superior personnel |
|
Venture |
Novices and resource constrained projects can enter |
Finding scalable projects and markets |
|
|
With new entrants, the markets for new services will grow |
Design and manufacturing scalability |
|
Community |
Prospective customer involvement |
Establishing sustainable and scalable business models |
|
|
Traditional open innovation benefits |
Maintaining inflow of new participants |
|
Network |
Bundling expertise from different fields |
Balancing external and intrinsic motivation |
|
|
Improved product solutions and process efficiencies |
Increasing systems-level integration |