Innovation Engines

Dimitri Uzunidis, University of Lille, France. Pierre Saulais, Consultant, France.

Introduction xi Dimitri UZUNIDIS and Pierre SAULAIS Chapter 1 Innovation Strategies and Entrepreneurial Dynamics 1 Michel MARCHESNAY 1.1 The entrepreneur: the key player in innovation 2 1.1.1 By their very nature, every entrepreneur takes a risk dependent on innovation 2 1.1.2 Innovation restores a range of logical structures and practices in entrepreneurial action 3 1.2 Industrial analysis of innovation 3 1.2.1 The analytical approach: the SCP model 4 1.2.2 The institutional approach: mesosystems 4 1.3 The three eras of industrial capitalism 5 1.3.1 The origins of industrial capitalism 5 1.3.2 The development of industrial capitalism: the concept of generations 6 1.4 Extensive and intensive stages 7 1.4.1 The extensive stage 7 1.4.2 The intensive stage 8 1.5 Innovation: between order and progress 8 1.5.1 The role of ideologies 9 1.5.2 The role of the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age 10 1.6 Innovation and the technical age: a Pandoras box? 11 1.6.1 The innovative entrepreneur: is there an ideal type? 12 1.6.2 Types of innovative entrepreneur 13 1.6.3 The capabilities of the innovative entrepreneur 15 1.7 The major strategic choices 15 1.7.1 Breakthrough innovation or adaptive development? 15 1.7.2 Dependence or individuality? (One of a kind) 16 1.8 The spread of innovation 18 1.8.1 The transfer: the basis of national technological policy 18 1.8.2 The subsidiary: an instrument of the industrial strategy of groups 19 1.8.3 The region: a hub of technological development 20 1.9 Conclusion 21 1.10 Bibliography 22 Chapter 2 Innovative Milieus and Innovative Entrepreneurship 25 Corinne TANGUY and Dimitri UZUNIDIS 2.1 The innovative milieu and proximities 27 2.1.1 The concept of the innovative milieu 27 2.1.2 Proximity: from space to organization 29 2.2 The innovative milieu and entrepreneurs 32 2.2.1 The innovative entrepreneur: networks and resources 33 2.2.2 Policies for creating innovative milieus and the emergence of an innovative entrepreneurship 35 2.3 Conclusion 37 2.4 Bibliography 38 Chapter 3 Start-up Founders and Support for Technology Entrepreneurs 43 Grard A. KOKOU DOKOU 3.1 Putting entrepreneurial identity into theoretical perspective 45 3.1.1 The needs for existence, knowledge and ability at the heart of entrepreneurial identity 45 3.1.2 Expanding towards a resource-based approach 47 3.2 Demonstration of the components of the identity of a start-up entrepreneur 51 3.2.1 Creating the body of research and operational tool used 51 3.2.2 Revealing the main identity components 53 3.2.3 Three main identity components to be considered when supporting the technology entrepreneur 57 3.3 Conclusion 62 3.4 Bibliography 63 Chapter 4 The Importance of Entrepreneurial Creativity 73 Marc JAILLOT 4.1 Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial context 74 4.1.1 Entrepreneurial creativity 74 4.1.2 The entrepreneurial context of small businesses 75 4.1.3 The reality of innovation in small businesses 78 4.2 What does the economic reality teach us? 80 4.3 Discussion 83 4.4 Conclusion 86 4.5 Bibliography 87 Chapter 5 From Ideation to Product Launch 91 Maggy PERRIER and Audrey DEPEIGE 5.1 The quest for continuous renewal: collaborative innovation within business strategy 92 5.2 An internal environment supporting innovation 98 5.3 Managing invention through innovation: building a strong intellectual property management process to maintain a competitive advantage 101 5.4 Conclusion 104 5.5 Bibliography 105 Chapter 6 The Patent: A Swiss Army Knife for Invention and Innovation 111 Yann de KERMADEC 6.1 Invention, innovation and intellectual property: some references 112 6.1.1 Definitions 112 6.1.2 Links between innovation, inventions and patents 113 6.2 The means tree: a language for innovation and good use of patents 116 6.2.1 Is the language of patents accessible to all