The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in Literature and Practice - A Review and Results from Field Research in Japan

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 1-28, 2007

Posted: 11 Jun 2013

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Professor Frank Tietze

University of Cambridge

Cornelius Herstatt

Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH)

Akio Nagahira

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David Probert

University of Cambridge - Centre for Technology Management

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

This paper presents a literature review discussing empirical as well as conceptual papers concerning the CTO — the Chief Technology Officer — his tasks, responsibilities and authority and his relations with other corporate functions. It further presents first results of a CTO survey conducted in the Japanese electrical engineering industry in the fall of 2006. Based on both, a set of propositions is presented which the authors test via a large forthcoming empirical study in the same industry.

Keywords: Chief Technology Officer, responsibilities, organizational integration, Japan, literature review

Suggested Citation

Tietze, Frank and Herstatt, Cornelius and Nagahira, Akio and Probert, David, The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in Literature and Practice - A Review and Results from Field Research in Japan (2007). International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 1-28, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1846627

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Cornelius Herstatt

Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) ( email )

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Akio Nagahira

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David Probert

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