The Silicon Valley Model

This book presents a new management model that has evolved in Silicon Valley. The future will favor companies that can migrate to a management model, better suited for the times. The abilities to remain entrepreneurial and innovate constantly will be essential for all companies in an innovation economy. However, most firms still use industrial-age management models that are not suited to attracting and energizing entrepreneurial talent. This book imbibes latest results from a year-long study of Google's approaches to management, and finds similar principles being applied at companies including, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Tesla Motors, and Apigee. By distilling on the aspects that work across a variety of innovative firms, the authors present a synthesis that could have profound implications for managers everywhere.

Provides a sweeping, yet concise summary of new paradigms in managing innovation Combines unique insights from firms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Tesla Motors and other leaders of the innovation economy Shows how entrepreneurship impacts a firm's innovation capabilities, by driving change in several parts of the organization Presents an alternative definition of 'entrepreneur' challenging the current public-policy and management thinking

Autorentext

Annika Steiber, PhD Researcher, Lecturer and Advisor in Management and Organization. Dr. Steiber is an international authority in the field of management and the author of several award-winning articles and books. She has over 18 years of operational experience in creating growth for both start-ups and larger companies in the private sector. Currently she is the Founder and CEO of INNOWAY and works as a lecturer, researcher and advisor. In her consultancy work she is affiliated with Berkeley Research Group, founded by thought leader professor David Teece and with Strategos, founded by thought leader Gary Hamel. Dr. Steiber is the author of "The Google Model" (Springer, 2014).

Sverker Alänge is Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial Management and an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are innovation and change processes in firms and innovation systems, entrepreneurship and sustainable business development.

Inhalt
The World is Changing.- Six Basic Principles for a Changing World.- Silicon Valley: A Cradle of Management Innovation.- Entrepreneurship: What It Really Is, and What It Must Be Integrated into Management of the Firm.- A Special Breed of People.- Culture: The New Black.- Leading for Entrepreneurship.- The Entrepreneurial Organization Is Dynamic and Ambidextrous.- The Silicon Valley Model.- Implications Beyond Silicon Valley.