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Winning with Open Process Innovation
Author Martin Wörter , Georg Von Krogh , Torbjørn Netland
Most research on open innovation has focused on the use of ideas and knowledge from outside the organization in the development of products and services. But openness can be useful for process innovation, too. The authors' research shows that manufacturers can ben....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Applied Nanotechnology, 3rd Edition
Author Jeremy Ramsden
Applied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products, Third Edition, takes an integrated approach to the scientific, commercial and social aspects of nanotechnology, exploring the relationship between nanotechnology and innovation, the changing ec....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author Patricia Pulliam Phillips , Jack J. Phillips
Innovation is the life blood of practically every organization. Innovation drives growth, development, and prosperity for many organizations and geographical areas. Sometimes, innovation thrives within a certain geographical location or in certain organizations th....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author Stephen A. Wilson , Andrei Perumal
A new lens on growth and a critical set of strategies for navigating a complex worldGrowth is rarely in a straight line. It is tempting to think otherwise, particularly when looking in the rear view mirror, but anyone faced with plotting the coordinates for a compa....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Nancy Radford
This book gives practical tips on how to manage disputes and personality clashes before they create major problems for business and relationships. Written in laymen’s terms with examples, acronyms, and illustrations, it helps the reader understand the causes ....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Intellectual Property and Innovation Protection
Author Rémi Lallement
This book analyses the various ways in which intellectual property (IP) operates in relation to innovation activity. It reflects on the “classical” issues of the IP system related to the necessity of protecting risky and often costly investments undertaken by firms....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Cooperation, Coopetition and Innovation
Author Nala Daidj
In presenting the concepts and the logical structure of the reasoning offered by game theory and their applications, the book explains the rational process of decision making in the framework of firm management and market competition. The book will expose both gene....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Author André Liem
This book argues for a prospective turn in ergonomics to challenge the established fields of strategic design (SD) and management. Its multi-disciplinary outlook builds upon concepts derived from Management, Innovation and Design Science.Differences, similarities a....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Creating Better Innovation Measurement Practices
Author Pamela Lirio , Marie-Cécile Cervellon , Iyad Rahwan , Manuel Cebrian , Alpheus Bingh
At most companies, innovation is a top managerial priority. Many managers look at successful innovators such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc. with envy, wishing that their companies could be half as innovative. To boost and benchmark innovation, managers often use qua....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Harnessing the Secret Structure of Innovation
Author Johann Harnoss , Ramiro Palma , Thomas Fink , Martin Reeves
In an era of low growth, companies need innovation more than ever. They can draw on a large body of theory and precedent. In practice, though, the authors say that innovation is more of an art than a science. They argue that there is an opportunity to view innovati....
Release Date 2017/10 -
12 Essential Innovation Insights
Author Bruce Posner , Martha E. Mangelsdorf
Innovation is a perennial management challenge. That’s why, for decades, MIT Sloan Management Review has been publishing new research and insights about innovation, from business school researchers as well as from leading business executives and consultants. ....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Innovation and Production Ecosystems
Author Bernard Guilhon
“We do not know where Silicon Valley is really located”, Feldman writes, because these types of organization, when they are dynamic, are moving and fluid.Innovation and production ecosystems or clusters are proliferating today because they seem to be adapted to the....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Business, Innovation and Responsibility
Author Sophie Pellé
Responsible Innovation. For some, this expression is only an oxymoron or, worse, a means of masking with a sheet of virtue economic practices that would otherwise appear selfish and self-interested. For others, theorists and actors of innovation, this expression r....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author James Allan
How do you make innovation a core competency of your business? This book details a process to allow innovation to seep into your company's culture. It outlines the steps necessary to generate, collect, triage, escalate, and pilot ideas which are necessary to optim....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Author Staney DeGraff , Jeff DeGraff
The Innovation CodeThe Creative Power of Constructive ConflictHarmony is sublime in music but deadly to innovation. The only way to create new, hybrid solutions is to clash. Innovation happens when we bring people with contrasting perspectives and complementar....
Release Date 2017/08 -
Developing Innovative Solutions Through Internal Crowdsourcing
Author Sean Looram , Lâle Kesebi , Ann Majchrzak , Arvind Malhotra
As organizations search for better solutions to their everyday problems, many are encouraging employees to use their experiences to develop new ideas and play a more active role in the innovation process. Companies including AT&T Inc., Google Inc., and Deutsche Tel....
Release Date 2017/07 -
How to Catalyze Innovation in Your Organization
Author Mary Uhl-Bien , Jonathan Sims , Michael Arena , Rob Cross
While technology giants such as Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., and Facebook Inc. are lionized for their innovative cultures, other industries struggle with hierarchal organizations that make consistent organic innovation very difficult. Companies try to address this by....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge
Author Fereidoon P. Sioshansi
Innovation and Disruption at the Grid’s Edge examines the viable developments in peer-to-peer transactions enabled by open platforms on the grid’s edge. With consumers and prosumers using more electronic platforms to trade surplus electricity from rooftop solar pan....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age
Author Greg Satell
Map the innovation space—and blaze a path to profits and growthCountless books, articles, and other advice promise leaders solutions to the complex challenges they face. Some offer quick, silver-bullet remedies—a straight line to success!—and some are so technical ....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Mastering the Digital Innovation Challenge
Author Gerald C. Kane , Rikard Lindgren , Lars Mathiassen , Fredrik Svahn
For Volvo Cars, pursuing digital innovation required fundamentally rethinking the organization, while also keeping the core business functioning efficiently. The company did so by balancing four interrelated competing concerns: (1) new and established innovation ca....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development, 2nd Edition
Author Barry Pound , Sieglinde Snapp
Agricultural Systems, Second Edition, is a comprehensive text for developing sustainable farming systems. It presents a synthetic overview of the emerging area of agroecology applications to transforming farming systems and supporting rural innovation, with particu....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Author Kent Lineback , David Robertson
Conventional wisdom today says that to survive, companies must move beyond incremental, sustaining innovation and invest in some form of radical innovation. "Disrupt yourself or be disrupted!" is the relentless message company leaders hear. The Power of Little Idea....
Release Date 2017/04 -
How Innovation Really Works: Using the Trillion-Dollar R&D Fix to Drive Growth
Author Anne Marie Knott
Are you spending too much on R&D? Too little? Is your innovation program successful? And how do you measure that success?Your company is spending millions on R&D every year, but despite your best efforts, that R&D isn’t driving growth. If you’re like 95%....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Author Tony Morgan
Innovation can be a challenging subject. At its worst, it is a meaningless buzzword. At its best, it is a means of driving differentiating value for an organization. But how can innovation be consistently achieved in the context of a client–service provider r....
Release Date 2017/03 -
The Little Black Book of Innovation, With a New Preface
Author Scott D. Anthony
In The Little Black Book of Innovation, long-time innovation expert Scott D. Anthony draws on stories from his research and field work with companies like Procter & Gamble to demystify innovation. Anthony presents a simple definition of innovation and illuminat....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning
Author Kathleen P. King
A comprehensive exploration of technology's role in adult learningTechnology and Innovation in Adult Learning introduces educators and students to the intersection of adult learning and the growing technological revolution. Written by an internationally recognized....
Release Date 2017/02 -
What Makes an Effective Executive (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Author Peter F. Drucker
In his sixty-five-year consulting career, Peter F. Drucker, widely regarded as the father of modern management, identified eight practices that can make any executive effective. Leadership is not about charisma or extroversion. It’s about these practices: Effective....
Release Date 2017/01 -
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Author Clayton M. Christensen
In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply his wisdom to their person....
Release Date 2017/01 -
The Hermeneutic Side of Responsible Research and Innovation
Author Armin Grunwald
The book investigates the meaning of RRI if little or no valid knowledge about consequences of innovation and technology is available. It proposes a hermeneutical turn to investigate narratives about possible futures with respect to their contemporary meaning inste....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Guidelines for Keeping Pace with Innovation and Tech Adoption
Author Esther Schindler
There are many tech innovations today for companies looking to stay competitive and be more productive. From new programming languages and tools like Hadoop to processes like DevOps, the choices are tempting. Which ones are genuine game changers? Which are right fo....
Release Date 2016/11