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Wharton Impact Conference
BORDERLESS
INNOVATION:
Management Practices, Promises and Pitfalls
Presented by the Mack Center for
Technological Innovation. Organized by Professors George Day,
Harbir Singh and Paul J. H. Schoemaker.
Friday, November 20, 2009
8th
Floor Huntsman Hall - 38th
& Walnut Street, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA
Globalization and collaboration are transforming how innovation is being
managed.
Networking technologies and open standards are removing many geographic barriers
to the dispersion of innovation activities.
Yet
culture still matters and local markets have diverse needs. Regional clusters of
innovation activity and hi-tech corridors from California to Singapore,
demonstrate that the world is not flat.
In
tandem with globalization, innovation processes have become much more open and
collaborative, with innovation initiatives spreading across a diverse network of
partners.
These
are not new developments, but their convergence and interaction are creating an
exponential increase in both possibilities and management challenges.
This
conference brings together leading practitioners and academics to assess the
state-of-the-art in the design, coordination and management of borderless
innovation, to identify the next generation of innovation models.
Motivating Issues
1.
How is
innovation managed in globally dispersed organizations?
What are the trends and how do leaders distinguish themselves from
followers?
2.
How
are advances in networking and knowledge sharing technologies changing how
innovation is managed? Who are the main beneficiaries?
3.
When
does dispersed or decentralized innovation lead to better outcomes (better
ideas; shorter time-to-market, improved productivity, lower costs) and when do
clusters or centrally managed approaches deliver more?
4.
What
is the role of geographic proximity, culture and regional clusters in
technological innovation?
Conference Schedule
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8:00 am -8:30 am
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BREAKFAST
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8:30am - 8:45am
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
George Day, Paul Schoemaker, and Harbir Singh
The Mack Center for Technological Innovation, The Wharton School
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8:45 am - 10:00am
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Global Innovation: The Big Experiment
Michael Mandel, Chief Economist
BusinessWeek
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10:30am -12:00pm
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From Localization to Metanational Innovation:
The Role of Geography and Culture
Jose F. P. dos Santos, Visiting Professor of
International Management
INSEAD
Borderless Innovation: The Air Liquide Way
Martha Heitzmann,
Vice-President, Research & Development
and
Shekar Shetty,
Vice-President, Research & Development, North
America
Air Liquide
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12:00pm - 1:00pm
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LUNCH
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1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Network-Centric Innovation
Mohan Sawhney, Professor of Technology and
Director of the Center for Research in
Technology & Innovation
The Kellogg School,
Northwestern University
Connect and Develop, P & G's Approach to Open
Innovation
Chris Thoen, Director, Innovation and Knowledge
Management
Procter & Gamble
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3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Innovating for Health Across Multiple Borders:
Geographic, Cultural, Markets and Business
Structures
Trajan Bayly, Director, Healthymagination
GE Healthcare
Taking Borderless Innovation to the Virtual
Checkout
Paul Davey, Head of Research & Development
Vodafone
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4:30 pm
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ADJOURN
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