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The strategy of parallel approaches in projects with unforeseeable uncertainty: the Manhattan case in retrospect

Lenfle, Sylvain - HAL - 2011

This paper discusses the literature on the management of projects with unforeseeable uncertainty. Recent work demonstrates that, when confronted with unforeseeable uncertainties, managers can adopt either a learning, trial-and-error-based strategy, or a parallel approach. In the latter,...

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Competition, R&D and the cost of innovation

Askenazy, Philippe; Cahn, Christophe; Irac, Delphine - HAL - 2008

competition on R&D to the cost of innovation. The effect of competition on R&D is an inverted U-shape. However, the shape is … flatter and competition policy is therefore less relevant for innovation when innovations are relatively costly. Intuitively …, if innovations are costly for a firm, competitive shocks have to be significant to alter its innovation decisions …

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Advertising and R&D: Theory and evidence from France

Askenazy, Philippe; Breda, Thomas; Irac, Delphine - HAL - 2010

This paper exploits a unique panel of 59,000 French firms over 1990-2004 to investigate the interactions between R&D, advertising and the competitive environment.The empirical findings confirm the predictions of a dynamic model that complements results known in static frameworks. First, more...

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Using design theory to characterize various forms of breakthrough R&D projects and their management: revisiting Manhattan & Polaris.

Lenfle, Sylvain; Masson, Pascal Le; Weil, Benoît - HAL - 2014

In this paper we propose to revisit two emblematic projects, Manhattan and Polaris, with the models developed by design theory. In particular we demonstrate, relying on recent advances in design theory, how these major projects, traditionally presented as radical innovations, are in fact quite...

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Exploration and Project Management

Lenfle, Sylvain - HAL - 2008

innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the … improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction …

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Projects and innovation : the ambiguity of the literature and its implications

Lenfle, Sylvain - HAL - 2007

The strategic role of new product development and innovation makes design performance a central concern of managers … this article, we wish to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation. This tendency can, in fact, appear … engineering or basic research. We therefore believe that it can lead to improper use of the project format to manage innovation …

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