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Managerial Innovation: Conceptions, Processes and Antecedents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Fariborz Damanpour  and
Deepa Aravind
Fariborz Damanpour
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, USA
Deepa Aravind
Affiliation:
City University of New York – College of Staten Island, USA
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Abstract

The expansive research on innovation in organizations has primarily followed a technological imperative, postulating that organizations organize their innovation efforts through research and development (R&D) activities. Theories of innovation are thus shaped mosdy from the studies of technology-based innovations in the manufacturing sector, yet are applied in all contexts. This article advocates research on managerial innovations - new approaches to devise strategy and structure of tasks and units, modify the organization's management processes and administrative systems, motivate and reward organizational members, and enable organizational adaptation and change. We examine the conceptual development, generation and adoption processes, antecedents, and influences of managerial innovation on organizational conduct. By increasing an understanding of managerial innovation, this article aims to complement existing theories of innovation derived from the studies of technological innovations and thus help extend and advance theory and research on innovation process and outcome in organizations.

Keywords

administrative innovationinnovation processinnovation typemanagement innovationorganizational innovationperformance consequences行政创新创新过程创新类型管理创新组织创新绩效结果
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , July 2012 , pp. 423 - 454
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Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2012

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