The rise and fall of product innovation strategy : a simulation model

B. Walrave, K.E. Oorschot, van, A.G.L. Romme

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Abstract

The benefits of a strategically balanced product portfolio, as a key driver of long-term business success, are well documented. In this respect, many firms have been unable to achieve a balanced product portfolio. An important cause is the failure to develop dynamic capabilities, that is, the capabilities to reconfigure internal and external competences to address dynamic business environments. In times of environmental instability and financial decay, top managers are facing difficulties in adapting their strategy to changes in market and competitive conditions. Firms can thus become seriously trapped in a reinforcing negative loop, where the changing environment is counteracted with inadequate strategic actions, which in turn results in further decreasing financial performance. This so-called suppression mechanism serves to explain why so many firms fail at building dynamic capabilities. We draw on system dynamics modeling to build and simulate a model of the causes, consequences, and potential solutions of the suppression mechanism. This model is derived from the literature on dynamic capability and, more broadly, strategy and innovation studies. The main contribution of this paper to the literature on dynamic capabilities is the definition and codification of the suppression mechanism.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 16th international Product Development Management Conference "Managing dualities in the innovation journey", June 7-9, 2009, Twente
Place of PublicationBrussel
PublisherEIASM: the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event16th International Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC 2009), June 7-9, 2009, Twente, The Netherlands: Managing dualities in the innovation journey - Conference hotel “De Drienerburght”, at the University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Duration: 7 Jun 20099 Jun 2009
http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=602

Conference

Conference16th International Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC 2009), June 7-9, 2009, Twente, The Netherlands
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityEnschede
Period7/06/099/06/09
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