The Development Of Managerial Innovations: From the Instrumental Approach to the Theory of the Diffusion of Innovations

Abstract

For several years, companies have understood that the main factor for creating value and improving
performance is the ability to innovate. Studies in fact show that innovation in business of any kind
achieves its strategy with regard to competition and development. Among these innovations, we can
cite managerial innovation which corresponds to any new management tool invented by
organizations. We then deal in this paper with managerial innovation, trying to show the main
literature which analyzes the modes of design and exploitation of new management tools. Our
theoretical analysis shows that the study of new management tools has evolved from the instrumental
approach to the approach of the theory of the diffusion of managerial innovations.