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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dahlén, Micael.

    [Boxen. English]

    Creativity unlimited : thinking inside the box for business innovation / Micael Dahlén.

        p. cm.

    Translation of: Boxen : kreativitet som skapar bättre affärer : träna dig till framgång.

Stockholm : Volante QNB Pub., c2006.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    ISBN 978-0-470-77084-9 (cloth : alk. paper)

    1. Creative ability in business. 2. Creative thinking. 3. Technological innovations. I. Title.

    HD53.D34 2008

    658.4’063—dc22

2008027939

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978-0-470-77084-9

Typeset in 11/16pt Trump Medieval by SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong

Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall, UK