Title: Building the future through real value creation and innovation: achieving competitiveness in a chaotic world

Authors: Sabine Urban, Antonella Zucchella

Addresses: University of Strasbourg, 22, rue Schwilgue, 67000 – Strasbourg, France. ' University of Pavia, Via S.Felice 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy

Abstract: This paper aims at providing a perspective of innovation processes, long term and real value oriented, and at suggesting a normative model. This TPM model intends to present an appropriate methodological framework, based on systemic analysis, where the diverse functions of the different elements of the system, their interrelations and their interactions, in time, are coming out. Creative management has to integrate a large variety of knowledge and behaviour, as illustrated in the model.

Keywords: real value; long term processes; innovation; leadership; applied system analysis; competitiveness; chaos; three pillars model; TPM; systemic analysis; diverse functions; interrelations; interactions; creative management; knowledge integration; behavioural change; small and medium-sized enterprises; SMEs; entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; R&D; research and development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.040756

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2011 Vol.13 No.2, pp.126 - 149

Published online: 11 Oct 2014 *

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