TY - JOUR

T1 - The chief technology officer (CTO) in literature and practice — A review and results from field research in Japan

AU - Herstatt, Cornelius

AU - Tietze, Frank

AU - Nagahira, Akio

AU - Probert, David

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - This paper presents a literature review discussing empirical as well as conceptual papers concerning the CTO — the Chief Technology Officer — his tasks, responsibilities and authority and his relations with other corporate functions. It further presents first results of a CTO survey conducted in the Japanese electrical engineering industry in the fall of 2006. Based on both, a set of propositions is presented which the authors test via a large forthcoming empirical study in the same industry.

AB - This paper presents a literature review discussing empirical as well as conceptual papers concerning the CTO — the Chief Technology Officer — his tasks, responsibilities and authority and his relations with other corporate functions. It further presents first results of a CTO survey conducted in the Japanese electrical engineering industry in the fall of 2006. Based on both, a set of propositions is presented which the authors test via a large forthcoming empirical study in the same industry.

KW - Management studies

KW - CTO

KW - responsibilities

KW - organizational integration

KW - japan

KW - literature review

U2 - 10.1142/S0219877007001089

DO - 10.1142/S0219877007001089

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 4

SP - 323

EP - 350

JO - International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

JF - International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

SN - 0219-8770

IS - 03

ER -