Annotated Bibliography

Select two chapters of the textbook, find at two articles about a recent innovation of a public firm, and write a 10-page, double spaced APA paper.

The paper should not be based exclusively on the summary of articles but include an explanation on how the articles illustrate concepts from two specific chapters in the textbook as well as a recommendations on how a firm should improve its innovation performance. It is very important to have a good understanding and explanation of all main concepts in the chapters selected to make a strong connection with the different elements of the innovation analyzed.

Although the project requirement is to have two articles, the use of several articles can be helpful in analyzing and elaborating the main elements of the innovation and of the innovation performance of a firm. Firm’s cases, annual reports and websites can be useful information sources but should not be the basis of any project and cannot be used as substitutes of the main article(s).

The articles can be based on any type of public company, international or domestic, small or big, and from any industry. The main articles, as well as any other articles selected have to be from well-known, prestigious publications (example: The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Bloomberg Business Week, Financial Times, Academy of Management Perspectives, Harvard Business Review, among others). Blogs and unknown websites are unacceptable.

* Endnotes, references, tables, and exhibits do not count toward the 3-page limit

Students should post in the course café the textbook chapters they will analyze. Textbook chapters will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis and all individuals must select different chapters.

PROJECT GRADING

Section Pages per section Points

Executive Summary 2 pages 5

Summary of Article 2 pages 5

Aligned to course concepts, illustrations and analysis 3 pages 10

Innovation performance & recommendations 3 pages 10

TOTAL 10 pages 30

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The executive summary condenses the main findings, conclusions and recommendations of the main document in the same order as they appear in the text of the paper.

Every topic or theme developed in the project should be mentioned in the executive summary (i.e., summary, illustration of concepts, and recommendations).

Students should remember that many times, the executive summary will be all that the reader (typically, your boss or supervisor) will review; therefore, it needs to guide the reader to the relevant points efficiently. When a finding or a conclusion is interesting, some people go to the main text for clarification. The executive summary will appear before the main paper

CORE CONCEPTS, ILLUSTRATOINS AND ANALYSIS

Please identify the core chapter concepts, indicate how the innovation selected illustrates the concepts chapters selected and provide succinct analysis of the effectiveness of these concepts.

INNOVATION PERFORMANCE & RECOMMENDATIONS

Please keep in mind this project is not a summary of the innovation activities of a firm but an analysis of a recent innovation and how this innovation and the innovative activities of the firm illustrates innovation concepts. Based on the concepts learned in class throughout the semester, analyze the current innovation performance of the firm and make recommendations to improve such performance. For this section you are encouraged to use concepts from several chapters so that you provide a comprehensive recommendation. Make sure to be specific and avoid vague, general, keep-doing-the-same type of recommendations.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your knowledge of strategic management as well as well as effective business professional practice.

Identify 3 major strategic management leadership challenges confronting contemporary business leaders in their efforts to expand to global markets via innovation initiatives.

For each challenge, create an annotated bibliography with 3 current articles that discuss

and address this leadership issue.

You will have a total of 9 articles – 3 for each strategic management leadership challenge

that you identify.

For each topic, locate, read, and evaluate three peer scholarly reviewed full-text professional journal articles using the Klinck Memorial Library’s online databases (http://www.cuchicago.edu/library/). Websites will not be accepted.

DISSERTATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AS THESE DOCUMENTS ARE NOT PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES.

Required Texts:

Hitt, M.A., Ireland, R.D., & Hoskissson, R.E. (2015) (12e). Strategic management: Competitiveness & globalization.

ISBN-13: 978-1-305-50214-7; ISBN-10: 1-305-5214-0

Adair, J. (2010). Strategic leadership: How to think and plan strategically and provide direction. Philadelphia: Kogan Press. ISBN: 978-0-7494-6203-1