List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface to the Original Edition

SECTION I OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH PROGRAM AND METHODS

An Introduction to the Minnesota Innovation Research Program

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Harold L. Angle

Methods for Studying Innovation Processes

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Marshall Scott Poole

A Psychometric Assessment of the Minnesota Innovation Survey

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Yun-han Chu

SECTION II THE MINNESOTA INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM FRAMEWORK

The Development of Innovation Ideas

Roger G. Schroeder

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Gary D. Scudder

Douglas Polley

Psychology and Organizational Innovation

Harold L. Angle

Formal and Informal Dimensions of Transactions

Peter Smith Ring

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Innovation Outcomes, Learning, and Action Loops

Bright M. Dorblaser

Tse-min Lin

Andrew H. Van de Ven

SECTION III STUDIES OF BUSINESS CREATION

Processes of New Business Creation in Different Organizational Settings

Andrew H. Van de Ven

S. Venkataraman

Douglas Polley

Raghu Garud

SECTION IV STUDIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE INNOVATIONS

The Process of Public Policy Innovation

Nancy C. Roberts

Paulaa J. King

Sensemaking, Understanding, and Committing: Emergent Interpersonal Transaction Processes in the Evolution of 3M's Microgravity Research Program

Peter Smith Ring

Gordon P. Rands

Communication, Conflict, and Learning in Mergers and Acquisitions

David T. Bastien

SECTION V STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

Managing Complex Innovations: The Case of Defense Contracting

Gary D. Scudder

Roger G. Schroeder

Andrew Van de Ven

Gary R. Seiler

Robert M. Wiseman

Assessing the Emergence of New Technologies: The Case of Compound Semiconductors

Michael A. Rappa

The Management of Research and Development of a Biological Innovation

Mary K. Knudson

Vernon W. Ruttan

Technological Innovation and Industry Emergence: The Case of Cochlear Implants

Raghu Garud

Andrew H. Van de Ven

SECTION VI STUDIES OF ADOPTION OF INNOVATION

Externally-Induced Innovation

Alfred A. Marcus

Mark J. Weber

Depth and Breadth in Innovation Implementation: The Case of School-Based Management

Karin M. Lindquist

John J. Mauriel

Mobilizing Innovation Efforts: The Case of Government Strategic Planning

John M. Bryson

William D. Roering

SECTION VII ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING THE STUDIES

Leadership and Innovation: A Longitudinal Process View

Charles C. Manz

David T. Bastien

Todd J. Hostager

George L. Shapiro

Toward a General Theory of Innovation Processes

Marshall Scott Poole

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Suggestions for Managing the Innovation Journey

Harold L. Angle

Andrew H. Van de Ven

Index

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