Insourcing Creativity with Listening Posts in Decentralized Firms in
Journal
Creativity and Innovation Management
ISSN
0963-1690
ISSN-Digital
1467-8691
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2004-03-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Technological listening posts as a means of technological knowledge sourcing were observed to be a widespread empirical phenomenon in centres of technological excellence and innovation clusters. Our research is based on 55 semi-structured interviews with 12 technology-intensive companies and 6 benchmarking-workshops on external knowledge sourcing with 11 companies. We reveal three archetypes of listening posts: trend scout, technology outpost and matchmaker. We describe their respective mission, organizational structure and critical success factors. Each type is illustrated with case studies.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Willey-Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford
Volume
13
Number
1
Start page
3
End page
14
Pages
12
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
492
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open.access
Name
Gassmann and Gaso, 2004, CIM.pdf
Size
280.3 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
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