This study empirically tests the Continuous Improvement (CI) maturity model across multiple countries. The analysis is based on data from the 2nd International CINet Survey, limited to the situation in Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Despite some...

The authors address the need for supply relationships to generate, support, and respond to discontinuous innovation (DI), noting that established ways of working appear insufficient. The peculiarities of DI are explained and contrasted with well-known concepts within innovation. The need for...

Books reviewed: Stefan H. Thomke, Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation Richard L. Lynch, John G. Diezemann and James F. Dowling, The Capable Company: Building the Capabilities that Make Strategy Work Georges Haour, Resolving the Innovation Paradox -...