Intro; Authorś Note; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Problem Statement; 1.2 Research Questions and Objectives and Theoretical Propositions; 1.2.1 Main Objectives for the Research and Research Questions; 1.2.2 Theoretical Propositions for the Research; 1.3 Methodological Approach of the Research; 1.4 Main Contributions of the Research; 1.5 Structure of the Dissertation; Chapter 2: Literature Review and Theoretical Propositions; 2.1 Innovation: An Overview; 2.1.1 Forms, Types, and Magnitude of Innovation.
2.1.1.1 Process Innovation2.1.1.2 Product Innovation; 2.1.1.3 Administrative Innovation; 2.1.1.4 Technical Innovation; 2.1.1.5 Incremental Innovation; 2.1.1.6 Radical Innovation; 2.1.2 Stages of Innovation; 2.1.2.1 Initiation of Innovations; 2.1.2.2 Implementation of Innovations; 2.1.2.3 Diffusion of Innovations; 2.1.3 Level of Analysis; 2.1.3.1 Industry Level (Environmental); 2.1.3.2 Organizational Level; 2.1.3.3 Subunit Level; 2.1.4 Determinants of Innovation; 2.2 Organizational Ambidexterity: An Overview; 2.2.1 Organizational Ambidexterity: Introduction to the Concept.
2.2.2 Topics Relating to Organizational Ambidexterity2.2.2.1 Organizational Learning; 2.2.2.2 Technological Innovation; 2.2.2.3 Organizational Adaption; 2.2.2.4 Strategy; 2.2.2.5 Organizational Design; 2.2.3 Types of Organizational Ambidexterity; 2.2.3.1 Structural Ambidexterity; 2.2.3.2 Contextual Ambidexterity; 2.2.3.3 Leadership Ambidexterity; 2.2.4 Moderators and Outcomes of Ambidexterity; 2.2.4.1 Environmental Factors as Moderators; 2.2.4.2 Other Moderators; 2.2.4.3 Performance Outcomes; 2.3 Theoretical Propositions.
2.3.1 Theoretical Propositions Related to Boundary Activities and the Interplay Between Exploration and Exploitation Activities2.3.2 Theoretical Propositions Related to the Different Key Players; Chapter 3: Methods; 3.1 The Research Strategy; 3.2 Case Study Design; 3.2.1 Design Approach; 3.2.2 Units of Analysis; 3.2.3 Quality of the Research Design; 3.2.3.1 Construct Validity; 3.2.3.2 Internal Validity; 3.2.3.3 External Validity; 3.2.3.4 Reliability; 3.3 Conducting the Case Study; 3.3.1 Skills of the Researcher; 3.3.2 Preparation of the Case Study; 3.3.3 The Case Study Protocol.
3.3.3.1 Overview of the Case Study3.3.3.2 Purpose of the Case Study Protocol; 3.3.3.3 Cases to Be Studied; 3.3.3.4 Case Study Nominations; 3.3.3.5 Company Background Information About Skyguide; 3.3.3.6 Company Background Information About Swiss; 3.3.3.7 Nominations of Interview Partners; 3.3.4 Data Collection Tactics; 3.3.5 Collecting the Evidence; 3.3.5.1 Three Principles of Data Collection; 3.3.5.2 How Key Informants Were Contacted; 3.3.5.3 Unanticipated Events; 3.3.5.4 Tools Used in the Case Study; 3.3.6 Methods Applied for Data Gathering; 3.3.6.1 Interviews.
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Companies need to invest in innovation in order to ensure their long-term survival. This book focuses on how and why key players support or obstruct the implementation of a technological innovation in ambidextrous organizations, and how the interaction between players involved in daily business and innovation affects implementation of innovation in 'high reliability organizations'. This book argues that an organization has to create new innovations or adopt innovations to constantly deliver attractive products on the one hand, while also adjusting and improving current products and processes on the other. In turn, it addresses a specific problem: What if a company operates in an innovation-averse and procedural environment and culture? Drawing on case studies, focus group studies and a unique analytical framework, it then provides ways for companies to overcome this situation.
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Innovation in high reliability ambidextrous organizations.