Core abilities in managing innovation
Recognizing: Searching the environment for technic and  economic clues to trigger the process of change
Aligning: Ensuring a good fit between the overall business strategy and the proposed change
Acquiring: Recognizing the limitations of the company's internal knowledge base and connecting with outside sources of knowlegde, skills, information, equipment. Transferring knowledge/technology from external sources and connecting it to the relevant internal points in the organization
Generating: Having the ability to create some aspects of technology in-house - through R&D, internal engineering groups, etc.
Choosing: Exploring and selecting the most suitable response to the environmental triggers which fit the strategy and the internal resource base and external technology network
Executing: Managing from initial idea through to final launch
Implementing: Managing the introduction for change in the organization to ensure acceptance and effecte use of innovation
Learning: Having the ability to evaluate and reflect upon the innovation process and identify lessons for improvement in the management routines
Developing the organization: Embedding effective routines in place - in structures, processes, underlying behaviors