TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflections on “The Sources of Management Innovation” Mol & Birkinshaw, 2009
AU - Mol, Michael J.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this retrospective, I consider what has driven interest in a previously published article, in relation to more recent developments in the literature on management innovation, the creation, and implementation of new management practices. I suggest that this form of innovation had previously not received enough attention and that the first-time use of both the Community Innovation Survey, as a data source, and the behavioral theory of the firm, to theoretically underpin our understanding of management innovation, created further interest in this work. I then put forward two important recent developments. First, there have been attempts to bridge innovation processes in management practices with processes of diffusion of management practices. Second, a wider variety of research methods have come into play to study management innovations. I conclude there is substantial room for further work in this exciting area, forinstance by looking at management innovation in emerging markets.
AB - In this retrospective, I consider what has driven interest in a previously published article, in relation to more recent developments in the literature on management innovation, the creation, and implementation of new management practices. I suggest that this form of innovation had previously not received enough attention and that the first-time use of both the Community Innovation Survey, as a data source, and the behavioral theory of the firm, to theoretically underpin our understanding of management innovation, created further interest in this work. I then put forward two important recent developments. First, there have been attempts to bridge innovation processes in management practices with processes of diffusion of management practices. Second, a wider variety of research methods have come into play to study management innovations. I conclude there is substantial room for further work in this exciting area, forinstance by looking at management innovation in emerging markets.
KW - Management innovation
KW - Retrospective
KW - Behavioral theory of the firm
KW - Creation
KW - Implementation
KW - Management innovation
KW - Retrospective
KW - Behavioral theory of the firm
KW - Creation
KW - Implementation
U2 - 10.1080/21639159.2018.1449662
DO - 10.1080/21639159.2018.1449662
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 2163-9159
VL - 28
SP - 278
EP - 281
JO - Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
JF - Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
IS - 3
ER -