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

Technology and Innovations Management Working Paper No. 41

23 Pages Posted: 27 Jul 2012

See all articles by Cornelius Herstatt

Cornelius Herstatt

Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH)

Professor Frank Tietze

University of Cambridge

Akio Nagahira

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David Probert

University of Cambridge - Centre for Technology Management

Date Written: 2006

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.

Suggested Citation

Herstatt, Cornelius and Tietze, Frank and Nagahira, Akio and Probert, David, The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in Theory and Practice - A Literature Review and Results from Field Research in Japan (2006). Technology and Innovations Management Working Paper No. 41, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2118082 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2118082

Cornelius Herstatt

Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) ( email )

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Germany

Frank Tietze (Contact Author)

University of Cambridge ( email )

Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)
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Akio Nagahira

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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David Probert

University of Cambridge - Centre for Technology Management ( email )

Engineering Department
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Cambridge, CB2 1PZ
United Kingdom

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