Research on the innovation process and its effective management has consistently highlighted a set of themes constituting 'good practice'. The limitation of such 'good practice' is that it relates to what might be termed 'steady state' innovation - essentially innovative activity in product and...

A paradox in innovation management is that firms deploying what is generally recognised 'good practice' can find themselves under threat through disruption caused by some form of discontinuity in their operating environment. Routines suited to dealing with 'steady state' innovation differ from...