文档介绍：ANIZATIONAL
INNOVATION: TOWARDS
THEORETICAL ADVANCEMENTS
THIRUVENKATAM RAVICHANDRAN
. Pai Management Institute
This paper is a first attempt to redefine innovation in the context anization.
An analysis of a sample of previous studies indicates that most of the earlier
mitted content fallacy and contextual fallacy, by equating adop-
tion with innovation and employing innovation merely as a cover term for
adoption. In this attempt, a new definition for innovation is constructed, distinct
from adoption, and a set of propositions are developed which could effectively
guide the development of new theories. Finally, a metric for innovation is pro-
posed in order to examine innovation simplistically, with potentials for producing
robust data. 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
INTRODUCTION
The unprecedented economic growth of a country can be primarily attributed to
innovations. Today, the plexities, resource scarcity and rising cus-
tomer expectations have anizations with a single choice: innovating, .,
creation of technological and managerial innovations. While technological innova-
tions are essential for the fundamental growth of a firm, the paniment of
managerial innovations is critical for the essful management of technological
innovations, and for influencing and transacting with the external environment
(Snow & Hrebiniak, 1980; Thomas, 1995).
Research on innovation began to proliferate during early 1960s and continues
to advance. The focus of innovation research, like any other specialized field of
management research, during the 60s and 70s was on conceptualization and theory
building. These studies were more of a descriptive nature, analyzing the association
between various contextual factors and characteristics anization. Studies,
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