Managing innovation in a global industry

Collaborative Innovation in the Global Semiconductor Industry

An innovation-focused roadmap for a sustainable global photovoltaic industry

The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry has undergone a dramatic evolution over the past decade, growing at an average rate of 48 percent per year to a global market size of 31 GW in 2012, and with the price of crystalline-silicon PV module as low as $0.72/W in September 2013. To examine this evolution we built a comprehensive dataset from 2000 to 2012 for the PV industries in the United States, C...

Managing Innovation: A Point Of View Of SME ́S Networks in Brazilian Electronic Industry. OPERATIONS STRATEGY

Innovation is widely recognized as central to success of most companies. This paper investigates the advantages and disadvantages of the innovation process on Brazilian Small and medium enterprises (SME ́s) in the electronic sector. We used a case study and applied a detailed questionnaire. Among the principal disadvantages, we highlight a poor laboratories infrastructure and troubles for obtain...

A New Geography of Knowledge in the Electronics Industry? Asia's Role in Global Innovation Networks

About the East-West Center The East-West Center is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education, a...

Managing Innovation in Vertical Relationships

We study the structure of an optimal management for innovative activities. The top management of a buyer hires a supplier for production. The production e¢ ciency can be enhanced by investing in R&D before production. The buyer chooses between using its own subunit for the R&D, or outsourcing the task to the supplier (integration of R&D and production). Our analysis reveals that (i) when the R&...