Purpose The success of corporate innovation is based less upon the success of a single innovation program than on a holistic and overarching corporate innovation system integrating various activities. Taking this perspective, the purpose of this paper is to extend existing research on the design of innovation programs. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing an inductive theory-building case study approach, this study provides a detailed analysis of how one of the largest and most successful German technology companies structures its many innovation activities. Findings The analysis identifies key elements of innovation programs and suggests three configurations that illustrate how these generic elements can be structured so as to offer the best fit with the underlying logic of the respective innovation program. Furthermore, this study highlights how the identified configurations come together to deliver overarching strategic innovation goals. Originality/value Existing research too often focuses solely on single innovation programs. The current research is among the first to take a holistic and overarching perspective, considering different innovation programs within a single company and analyzing their configuration and their interplay.

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企业创新计划的三种配置及其相互作用

目的公司创新的成功不取决于单个创新计划的成功，而取决于集成各种活动的整体的总体公司创新系统。从这个角度出发，本文的目的是扩展对创新程序设计的现有研究。设计/方法论/方法本研究采用归纳理论构建案例研究方法，对最大和最成功的德国技术公司之一如何组织其许多创新活动进行了详细分析。调查结果分析确定了创新计划的关键要素，并提出了三种配置，这些配置说明了如何构造这些通用要素，以使其与各自创新计划的基础逻辑最相符。此外，这项研究强调了确定的配置如何组合在一起以实现总体战略创新目标。原创性/价值现有的研究往往只专注于单一的创新计划。当前的研究是第一个从整体和全局角度进行研究的研究，该研究考虑了单个公司内的不同创新计划，并分析了它们的配置和相互作用。