Authors: Jari Ruokolainen; Olavi Uusitalo
Keywords: Innovation, Virtual Organization, Management
Abstract
Innovations help position a company in an uncontested market space. According to the open innovation’s principles, innovations are not only gained through the research and development activities of a company. An employee’s innovative behavior is supported by knowledge diffusion mechanisms and also by leadership practices. This single longitudinal case study aimed at finding those management practices that enhance knowledge diffusion and, thus, innovativeness in a geographically distributed organization having several virtual teams. This single case study proposed that an IT system with related global processes together with knowledge diffusion opportunities and relevant leadership practices increased employees’ innovative behavior in a virtual team. The case company, Nokia Siemens Networks, produces telecommunication related services, software and equipments. The case company was formed in a merge of two separate companies, which even increased research and development challenges. The innovativeness in a network organization has not gained much space in the research community.
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Conference: Glasgow, Scotland (2011)