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Uncovering Covert Innovation: Bootlegging, Illegitimacy, and Management’s Attitude

By Stephan Eicher

Book information

Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden;Springer Gabler
Year
2021
ISBN
9783658316198, 9783658316204
DOI
10.1007/978-3-658-31620-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4340300 bytes)
Series
Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung Markets and Organisations
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XXII, 225\236
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Business and Management; Business and Managementgeneral; Entrepreneurship; Organization

Description

It is of central importance for companies to be innovative. To maximize their innovation potential, companies often rely on formal systems and processes for innovation management. It has been shown that such attempts have the side effect of inhibiting a number of valuable innovations. Some employees proceed informally and smuggle their innovations past formal barriers. Stephan Eicher analyses the interaction between bootleggers and their management. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, he answers three primary research questions. What is the current state of research on bootlegging in R&D? How do bootleggers overcome illegitimacy upon disclosing their covert projects to decision-makers? How do different management styles and approaches affect the incidence of bootlegging? The results of this research paint a vivid picture of the relationship between covert innovation projects and the official management world of companies.

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