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Management of Convergence in Innovation Strategies and Capabilities for Value Creation Beyond Blurring Industry Boundaries

:	Fredrik Hacklin
:	Management of Convergence in Innovation Strategies and Capabilities for Value Creation Beyond Blurring Industry Boundaries
:	Physica-Verlag
:	9783790819908
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:	CHF 132.70
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:	Management
:	English

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Driven by the fascination about dramatic structural and competitive changes within telecommunication and information technology in dustries during the past decade, the convergence phenomenon has increasingly gained my personal attention throughout my work and studies. Therefore, not entirely coincidentally, this book was written as the result of my doctoral research at ETH Zurich, which turned out to be a challenging, yet highly rewarding endeavor. However, this work would not have been possible without the enduring support of several people. First, I would like to express my gratitude to my thesis supervisor Prof. Fritz Fahrni, for providing me with the opportunity to conduct exciting research projects in close collaboration with industry, and for supporting me with solid guidance and advice all the way. Also, I would like to thank Dr. Christian Marxt, for urging me to pursue the chosen line of enquiry, as well as for his devoted coaching, both at ETH and at Stanford, both within and beyond of?ce hours. Furthermore, I am grateful to Prof. Georg von Krogh, for his encouraging feedback and valuable comments during various inspiring discussions.

	Preface	7
	Contents Overview	9
	Table of Contents	10
	List of Figures	14
	List of Tables	16
	1 Introduction	18
	1.1 Background and motivation	19
	1.2 Research problem	24
	1.3 Research objective	29
	1.4 Research design	31
	1.5 Outline of the thesis	39
	2 Fundamentals of convergence and innovation	41
	2.1 Convergence as a managerial issue	42
	2.2 Determining the phenomenon	51
	2.3 Innovative dynamics of convergence	57
	3 An evolutionary perspective on convergence	66
	3.1 Idiosyncratic dynamics	66
	3.2 Augmenting stages of convergent rule change	71
	3.3 Coevolutionary change of strategic vectors	82
	3.4 Patterns of endogenous transition	89
	3.5 Exogenous dynamics and industrial inflections	99
	3.6 An integrated framework of evolutionary dynamics	115
	3.7 From challenge to practice	117
	4 Capabilities for coevolutionary contingency	121
	4.1 Aligning horizontally for developing vertically	125
	4.2 Orchestrating ecosystems and reciprocal incentives	136
	4.3 Protecting complementarity against redundancy	149
	4.4 Reorganizing the firm for convergence	156
	4.5 Reinventing the firm for convergence	164
	4.6 Managerial commonalities	170
	5 Managing through cycles of convergence	178
	5.1 Deriving managerial guidelines	178
	5.2 Cyclical determinants of convergence	189
	5.3 Transfer and application of the cyclical model	198
	6 Conclusions	212
	6.1 Discussion of results	213
	6.2 Outlook	217
	Appendix	221
	References	231
	Name Index	259
	Subject Index	266