Research On Enterprise’s Innovation Process

Making a comprehensive view of the world, we can find that the knowledge innovation, technology innovation and institution innovation have become enterprises’general strategic choices to seek long-term healthy development in new-economy era. Under the background of further development of knowledge-based economy, integration of world economy and rapidly growth of science and technology, the enterprises will face more and more uncertainties and varying market environments. The issues such as how can the enterprises grow and develop through effective innovation process management and how can the enterprises obtain competitive advantages through cultivating and promoting the innovation capabilities have become the common concerned hotspots in academic and enterprise areas. It’s a project worth while further exploration and thorough research..From the point of view of enterprise innovation process and capability, by reading literatures, thinking independently, and on the basis of summarising of previous research results,this thesis gave out a model of enterprise innovation process based on the knowledge and effective external connection. The entire process of transforming innovative conceits to commercially successful new products was analysed in detail. The flows and strategies of risk management in enterprise innovation process, the composition and evaluation of enterprise innovation capability, and the cultivation and promotion approach of innovation capability were researched. It is importantly instructive for Chinese enterprises’development through innovation.The main contents of every chapter are as following:The first chapter is the review of innovation theory and history of economy development. The thesis firstly reviewed the evolution of the researches of economic growth theories and the process of economy development pushed by innovation surges. Knowledge and human capitals were pointed as the main factors influence the economy growth.. Five outstanding innovation surges was the main power of sustaining economy development, and the innovations caused by knowledge accumulation and new knowledge comes from innovations are the principles of economy development. Then the thesis analysed the development process of innovation theories from Schupeter’s innovation model, technology innovation, institution innovation, innovation evolution, national innovation system to knowledge innovation theories. We indicated the importance of researching enterprises innovation from macro and micro layers. Finally, we pointed the main research contents, structure and innovative points based on the definition and classification of innovation concepts.In the second chapter, We researched the composition system of enterprise knowledge and knowledge basis of enterprise innovation. Based on the analysing of meaning, characteristics and classification of knowledge, we summarised the main points if view of enterprise theories based on knowledge, and classified the enterprise knowledge, then analysed the composition of enterprise knowledge system in details, and at last, we analysed the 8 steps during the forming of enterprise knowledge, 4 layers (individual layer, team layer, internal integration layer and external integration layer) of enterprise knowledge activities, and the integration process from individual knowledge to enterprises knowledge. These knowledge activities, knowledge obtaining and integration form the knowledge basis of enterprise innovation.In third chapter, we mainly analysed the evolution of enterprise innovation process modes and brought the enterprise innovation process model mentioned in this thesis. The thesis firstly summarised the development time sequences and main characteristics of leading modes in five generation enterprise innovation process, then analysed the main thinking, advantages and the disadvantages of other important theory models in enterprise innovation process. These enterprise innovation process models include Marquis’model、innovation intergrowth model、chain-ring model、stage-gate management model、A-U innovation process model、three main steps and six sub steps model、secondary innovation model, and so on.. The paper gave out a four-stage model of enterprise innovation process based on the knowledge and effective external connection. The main stage partition and main characteristic of this model was also analysed.Chapter four is the specific analysis of conceit and demonstration stages of the innovation process model. Fist of all, the conceit step of enterprise innovation was researched, and the internal and external sources can cause innovation conceits, property analyse method, demand analyse method, corporation analyse method and colony creativity method were summarised, and the innovation conceit strategies and initial sieving work during innovation conceit of some pioneer enterprises. Then we set forth the main work of demonstration step, particularly analysed the main work before the project of officially conformed, decision making and results of typical consignation indexes and whether the project can be set up.The research and development steps during the enterprise innovation process were detailedly analysed in chapter five. We introduced the functions, classification and evolution of R&D modes of enterprise R&D work first, and analysed the input and output of enterprise knowledge during the research and development, then analysed the characteristics and steps of creative thinking for problem solving in research and develop work and expatiated the basic circle of research and develop work, how to solve problems by using design-produce-testing circle during the research and develop process, and the main evaluation and testing work. In the end, we concluded the researches on the effect of all kinds of knowledge during the research and develop process by the domestic and foreign scholars.In chapter six, we expatiated specifically the operation steps (include producing and marketing) during the enterprise innovation process. Firstly, we analysed a series of demands on producing system of new production producing and the constraint on the producing composition of new production in producing system, analysed the selection on integration producing and corporation producing these two modes, the main work of production preparation and application steps, then analysed the main steps of new production marketing plan, which includes the marketing objects determining, marketing investigation, object market determining, new products orientation, drafting marketing plan, market testing, market object determining, marketing plan application, controlling and auditing after application, and so on. And finally, we pointed out that corresponding steps between steps in new production development plan and the marketing plan need nearly corporation.The seventh chapter focused on the flow and strategy of risk management in enterprise innovation process. After analysing the concept and characteristics of enterprise innovation risks, we summarised the basic steps of risk management in enterprise innovation process, and gave the risk management mode we followed in this thesis, they are risk identification, risk evaluation, risk countermeasure and risk watching. During the risk identification process, we concluded the risks in the enterprise innovation process as technology risk, market risk, organization management risk and external environment risk. During the risk evaluation process, we set up a quantitative evaluation model based on the grey hierarchy method. During the risk countermeasure process, we gave the risk counter measures according to risk level matrix. During the risk watching process, we gave the normal methods for risk watching. At last, we did a case analysis of the risk management in new production development of Legend group.In eighth chapter, the evaluation system, evaluation methods, cultivation and promotion methods of enterprise innovation capability were discussed. Firstly we analysed the concept and composition of enterprise innovation capability and gave the evaluation system and set up a innovation capability evaluation model based on BP neural network. Then we analysed the systematic cultivation of enterprise innovation capability, summarised the factors about the success of enterprise innovation, the reasons of failure, and the avoiding measures,analysed the methods to promote the enterprise innovation capability. At last, we gave out the three innovation modes according to the real facts in our country, they are independent innovation, imitation innovation, corporation innovation, and analysed their contents, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.The last chapter is the conclusions and prospect. We summarised the main conclusions and pointed out the prospect and suggestions for future research.The innovative points in this paper are:1.) Based on the previous innovation models, we gave the four-step innovation process model based on knowledge and effective external connection, and analysed the structure and characteristics of this model in the following chapters.2.)In this thesis, we gave out the flow and strategy of risk management during the innovation process, set up the evaluation index system of enterprise innovation risks, and further did quantitative evaluation by the grey hierarchy method, and finally brought forward to make the risk counter measures according to the risk level matrix.3.) We gave out a innovation capability evaluation system from the point of view of enterprise innovation process, and brought forward the methods to quantitatively evaluate the enterprise innovation capability by using the BP neural network.. The system structure of cultivating the enterprise innovation capability and promotion approach of innovation capability were also put forward.