Strategic management of innovation and design / Pascal Le Masson, Benoît Weil, Armand Hatchuel ; forewords by Paul Rivier and Marc Maurer ; afterword by Jacques Lacambre and Dominique Levent ; translated from 'Les processus d'innovation' by Alison Bissery and adapted by the authors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-437) and index.

Introduction: from R&D to RID; Part I. From Innovation to Innovative Design: 1. What do we know about innovation? Testing the economic and social sciences; 2. Management sciences and innovation: identity of objects and innovation capability; 3. The design activity and innovation capability; Part II. Design Capacities in Innovative Firms: 4. Highly innovative firms: Tefal 1974-1997 - the Wizards of Rumilly; 5. A model of the innovative firm: design strategy, metabolism and growth regime; 6. Grafting the Tefal model: astonishing performance from an innovative start-up; Part III. Rebuilding Innovation Capabilities: 7. Large firms and intensive innovation: the recurring R&D crises; 8. From R&D to RID: missions and organizations of innovative design; 9. Learning from experience: expansions from the innovative windscreen at Saint-Gobain Sekurit; Part IV. Innovative Design: Tools and Organizations: 10. The methodologies of innovative design: C-K theory, innovation fields and design spaces; 11. Type 1 innovation fields: design in the search for new values - the innovative forms of user-involvement; 12. Type 2 innovation fields: design by drastic technological change and by regenerating functions; 13. Type 3 innovation fields: combining scientific research and conceptual innovation; 14. The inevitable return to rule-based design; 15. Innovative design, platforms and open innovation: the management of exploratory partnerships; Conclusion: the governance of innovative design, a third era of modern management?.

"There is now widespread agreement that innovation holds the key to future economic and social prosperity in developed countries. But what kind of innovation is required and what is the best way to manage, steer and organize it? Grounded in the experiences of innovative firms and based on the most recent design theories, this book argues that instead of relying on traditional R&D and project management techniques, the strategic management of innovation must be based on innovative design activities. The authors analyse and explain a range of new management principles and techniques that firms can use to ensure continuous innovation. This book targets advanced courses in innovation management in industrial design schools, business schools, engineering schools, as well as managers looking to improve their practice"-- Provided by publisher.