TY - JOUR

T1 - Related Innovations Management in organisations

T2 - A systemic approach illustrated with the example of cancer-treating innovations in Healthcare

AU - Hauerwaas, Antoniya

AU - Weisenfeld, Ursula

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - Successful diffusion and management of one innovation often requires or supports other innovations in related areas or, in other words, related innovations (RI). Applying insights from systems thinking to the context of innovation management in organisations, we propose, that innovation management demands understanding of how innovations interact and which relatedness between innovations influences the success of a focal innovation. If such relatedness is not taken into account, the (focal) invention may be denied development or non-adoption and mismanagement may lead to innovation failure. This article introduces the concept of related innovations management (RIM) as a holistic approach to implement systems thinking and illustrates its potential for organisations, taking innovations from healthcare sector as an example. RIM presents a proceeding for identification of crucial RI and their stepwise implementation. Developing a framework for RIM in organisations, the paper provides new insights into managing innovation's complexity.

AB - Successful diffusion and management of one innovation often requires or supports other innovations in related areas or, in other words, related innovations (RI). Applying insights from systems thinking to the context of innovation management in organisations, we propose, that innovation management demands understanding of how innovations interact and which relatedness between innovations influences the success of a focal innovation. If such relatedness is not taken into account, the (focal) invention may be denied development or non-adoption and mismanagement may lead to innovation failure. This article introduces the concept of related innovations management (RIM) as a holistic approach to implement systems thinking and illustrates its potential for organisations, taking innovations from healthcare sector as an example. RIM presents a proceeding for identification of crucial RI and their stepwise implementation. Developing a framework for RIM in organisations, the paper provides new insights into managing innovation's complexity.

KW - Management studies

KW - related innovation management

KW - systems thinking

KW - innovations

KW - systemic innovations

KW - healthcare

KW - cancer-treatment innovations

KW - diffusion

KW - holistic innovation management

KW - organisations

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031794468&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1504/IJBG.2017.087217

DO - 10.1504/IJBG.2017.087217

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 19

SP - 350

EP - 377

JO - International Journal of Business and Globalisation

JF - International Journal of Business and Globalisation

SN - 1753-3627

IS - 3

ER -