Innovation Governance: How Top Management Organizes and Mobilizes for Innovation
by Beebe Nelson, Jean-Philippe Deschamps
CHAPTER 11
Setting up a Collective Governance System
Example – Tetra Pak's Innovation Governance Model: High-level Cross-functional Steering Groups
Tetra Pak is the world's leading liquid food packaging company. It belongs to the family-owned Tetra Laval Group, headquartered in Switzerland. In 2011, Tetra Pak had filling systems in operation in more than 170 countries. It sold over 167 billion packages worldwide, employed close to 23,000 people, and its sales reached €10.4 billion. Tetra Pak sales consist of three types of products: filler line equipment (called “systems”); packaging materials – these are essentially laminated and printed rolls to be formed, filled, and sealed to become finished packages; and processing equipment for dairy plants ...
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