This document summarizes Dr. Iris Arbel's presentation on training programs and policy making to manage innovation in high-growth firms. The presentation discusses three main challenges that high-growth firms face: competing globally, cooperating with competitors through co-opetition, and providing management skills and tools for innovation. It also describes Israel's MAGNET program for enabling cooperation between competitor firms and the "Moving Up" training program that provides management skills and practical tools for innovation through monthly lectures, case studies, and mentoring on developing innovation projects.

1. Training programs and policy making
to manage innovation in high-growth
firms
Dr. Iris Arbel
Knowledge Center for Innovation
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management
http://innovation.technion.ac.il
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2. KCI
Implementation
of innovation
programs for
industry
Knowledge
center
Research
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3. Integration of Top-Down Policy –Making:
resource Allocation
and Bottom – Up Processes within the organization:
Managing the Innovation Process
Our Strategy

4. Thinking about high-
growth Firms’ Challenges
Competition
Co-Opetition
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Innovation
Management tools

5. First Challenge
Competing in the global world
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7. Global Leader Competencies
Global characteristics (e.g. Global identity, Cultural
intelligence, Openness to cultural diversity).
Personal Traits (e.g. Emotional Stability, Extraversion,
Openness to diversity, Conscientiousness).
Adaptability and Flexibility (e.g. be confident in the
face of change and uncertainty).
Interpersonal Skills (e.g. work as an equal with
persons from diverse background).
Learning System (e.g. curios to learn).
International Expertise (Former experiences in
global settings, B-culturalisim, Languages, High cultural
knowledge)

8. Second Challenge
Co-Opetition – Cooperation Among
Competitors
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9. How cooperation between competitors
contributes to innovation?
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–Increases resources for innovation
(Quintana-García & Benavides-Velasco, 2004)
–Enhances access to markets and
new customers (Ahuja, 2000)
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10. Factors that enable
cooperation competitors :
• Competitive
environment
• Dynamic environment
• Perspective
Taking
Management -
level factor
Environmental
factors

11. MAGNET : A model for cooperation
between competitors
 MAGNET program sponsors innovative generic
industry-oriented technologies
 Located at the Office of the Chief Scientist of the
Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor
 Aimed to strengthen the country's technological
expertise and enhance competitiveness
 Activities are based on collaboration between
companies and academic research groups
organized in consortia

12. The Greatest Challenge
Providing management skills and practical
tools for managing innovation
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13.  Providing tools and applications to implement
innovation: strategy, products, service organizations and
processes
 Implementing innovation projects and organizational
issues during the program, moderated by the mentors
 Building a professional social network of the
companies
 Collaboration with the, Ministry of Industry,
Commerce and Labor.
‘MOVING UP’:
Is it possible to manage innovation?

14.  6 meetings, once a month: frontal lectures; case studies;
guest lectures; action learning; meetings with the mentors
 Major subjects:
 Innovation strategy
 The journey of the idea
 Change management and leadership
 Teamwork
 Innovation in a Global World
 Innovation marketing strategies
 Strategic human resources
MOVING UP: Structure

15. The Journey of the Idea
MOVING UP: practical modal
Ideation Phase
Problem
Identification
ImplementSelection
Idea
Generation
Mobilization
Market
Penetration
Initiation Phase Implementation

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17. Projects in the program:
• Example:
 To structure a platform that enables the
employees to raise innovative solutions : what
mechanisms? how to choose ideas?
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18. Innovation management process

19. The Bottom Line
Top -Down:
Recommendations:
• Encouraging cooperation
through government
programs.
• Appointing an official
governmental body to
guide and support
enterprises.
• Supporting the
establishment of clusters on
the basis of industries,
sectors or geographical
locations.
Bottom – Up: Practical
tools
• Training and education
programs for management
innovation
• Mentoring by leading CEOs
in the industry
• Cooperation between
companies: joint R & D
projects.
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20. http://innovation.technion.ac.il
Thank you!
For Future Collaboration:
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