DocumentCode
3353490
Title
Reducing the uncertainty in managing breakthrough technological innovations
Author
Leifer, Richard
Author_Institution
Lally Sch. of Manage. & Technol., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Abstract
Innovation has long been studied with various arguments about why it should be studied. This discussion of innovation has led to an appreciation of differences between incremental innovation and breakthrough or radical innovation. In this paper, the authors contend that the processes for successfully managing breakthrough and incremental innovation are different and, further, that managing incremental innovation might be detrimental to the management of breakthrough innovation
Keywords
research and development management; R&D; breakthrough technological innovations management; incremental innovation; radical innovation; uncertainty reduction; Engineering profession; Information processing; Innovation management; Instruments; Lenses; Project management; Resource management; Technological innovation; Technology management; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN
1-890843-02-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.1999.807800
Filename
807800
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