White papers, Articles, Cases, and Blogs
White papers
De-Risking Innovation for Law Firms
This white paper will help you to redefine the perception of innovation and legal tech from a cost to an investment. Given today's ever-faster technology changes that impact the legal industry, this paper will help you create an innovation function that can serve as your firm's beacon in flourishing and challenging times.
Innovation management in law firms
For this research, we interviewed 35 respondents, receiving in-depth insights on innovation management in 22 law firms. The report highlights best-practices for managing budgets and projects, selecting projects, and tracking performance.
The Cost of Innovation
Learn how to innovate cost-effectively with a portfolio between 1 and 100 innovation projects per year and an innovation budget between $100k and a few million dollars.
Execute or Educate?
Learn about the role of innovation units in the professional services
The IHI Healthcare Innovation Management Index
See the summarized results of the IHI Healthcare Innovation Management Index Survey held as part of the IHI annual conference in December 2015
Articles
A selection of articles and research papers:
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F., and Van den Ende, J. (2023). Opportunistic New Product Development. In: Ch.H. Noble and L. Bstieler (eds.). PDMA Handbook of New Product Development. Wiley.
- Van den Ende, J. and Blindenbach-Driessen, F. (2023). Innovation in project-based organizations. In: A. Davies, S. Lenfle, Ch. Loch and Ch. Midler (eds.), Handbook of Innovation and Project Management, Edward Elgar.
- Blindenbach, 2022, Innoveren als Advocatenkantoor (English: Law firm innovation). In: W. Hengeveld (eds.) De Advocatuur Als Onderneming, Third edition. Boomjuridisch
- Blindenbach-Driessen, 2018, New Service Development for the Professional Services. In: Time Commitment as the Scarcest Resource, PDMA Essentials, Wiley Publishing.
- Blindenbach, 2018, Most patients trust doctors over tech companies, Letter to the editor, Washington Post
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F & Cary M. 2017 How to Build a Sustainable and Humming Innovation engine. The Journal of Medical Practice Management, 32(6) 403-406
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F. 2015. The (In)Effectiveness of Cross-Functional Innovation Teams: The Moderating Role of Organizational Context. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 62(1): 29-38.
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F., & Van den Ende, J. 2014. The Locus of Innovation: The Effect of a Separate Innovation Unit on Exploration, Exploitation, and Ambidexterity in Manufacturing and Service Firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management.
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F., & Van den Ende, J. 2010. Innovation Management Practices Compared: The Example of Project-Based Firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27(5): 705-724.
- Geerts, A., Blindenbach-Driessen, F. P., & Gemmel, P. 2010. Achieving a Balance Between Exploration and Exploitation in Service Firms: a Longitudinal Study. Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference, Montreal.
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F. 2010. Subjective Performance Measurement of Innovation Projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 27(4): 572–592.
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F. 2006. Innovation Management in Project-Based Firms. Rotterdam: ERIM.
- Blindenbach-Driessen, F., & Van den Ende, J. 2006. Innovation in Project-Based firms; The Context Dependency of SuccessFactors. Research Policy, 35: 545-561.