The Organizational Innovation System: Innovation rationale and framework for analysis

The development of radical innovations requires a multi-dimensional, collaborative and iterative innovation process. Both the innovation system and complementary open innovation perspective approach innovation in this holistic manner, but lack the hands-on models that can provide an innovation rationale for innovation managers. In this paper we develop the organizational innovation system (OIS), a thus far neglected micro innovation system level, to provide such a rationale within the innovation system approach. Furthermore, by identifying and developing functions and system failure groups, a framework for analysis of OISs is formulated, which can provide insights to adjust ongoing innovation projects or formulate innovation management recommendation. These insights and recommendations contribute not only to the innovation performance of the innovating organization, but also benefit the higher system levels of which the OIS is a part.
Keywords: organizational innovatio