Developing Innovative Organizations

Combining insights from leading academic research and experienced managers, this book provides a systematic framework to understand what innovation is, why it matters, how it can be managed and how it can help your organization to reach its objectives.

BENOÎT GAILLY Professor in Innovation Management and Strategy at the Centre of Research in Entrepreneurial Change and Innovative Strategies (CRECIS) of the Louvain School of Management. He holds a Master in Engineering, a PhD in Applied Mathematics, a Master in Technology Studies and a Master in Business Administration. His main research themes are innovation capabilities and innovation support systems, both from a policy and business point of view. At the Université Catholique de Louvain he held the Puilaetco Chair in Management and Financing of Technology innovation and was the President of the Technology Transfer Board. Benoit Gailly is also the co-director of University Executive Education Programme in Innovation Management. Before working at UCL he was a consultant and manager at McKinsey & Company. During the last 15 years Benoit Gailly has been working as board member, adviser, facilitator or expert regarding the development of innovation management capabilities for start-ups, international corporations and policy makers. He was also board member of the Belgian Federal Investment Fund, the Brussels Regional Investment Fund and of the Technology Support Board of the Walloon Region. His clients include international corporations in the glass, chemical, financial petrochemical, ICT, pharmaceutical, raw material and electronics sectors and the European Commission as well as numerous high-tech start-ups and academic spinoffs.