Theoretical Perspective in Innovation Management Implementation: A Literature Review

Innovation plays an important role in the economic and social development during the knowledge economy. Economic and social development requires various innovation activities necessarily. Innovation management is to manage these innovative activities in order to ensure the realization of the goal and the optimal efficiency. Thus, innovation management draws the attention of the management academia and social public. Beginning with the background of innovation management, this paper will summarize the research achievements of domestic and foreign scholars on innovation management, and then review the concept evolution of innovation management, relative theoretical studies and classifications, enumerate innovation management tools, and finally propose the scientific problems of innovation management.