Business Models for Strategic Innovation

1Strategic innovation management

A cross-functional vision to be materialised

S. M. Riad Shams, Demetris Vrontis, Yaakov Weber and Evangelos Tsoukatos

Introduction

“Parallel to an expanding volume of research on innovation, the academic debate on the subject is becoming everlasting” (Conta et al., 2015, p. 107); however, in general, “innovation can be a critical driver in the successful handling of the constantly appearing new (business) challenges” (Conta et al., 2015, p. 107). As a result, ongoing research on business innovation management is imperative to focus on the relevant issues of this research-stream and the related topic-specific debates, in order to deliver the value to the associated stakeholders that is expected and accepted ...