Tag: Innovation

The Illusion of Innovation Escape Efficiency and Unleash Radical Progress


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English | April 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 1646871545 | 200 pages | True EPUB | 2.23 MB
There’s a problem with innovation inside of big companies. And it’s not what you think. Corporations are better managed than ever, but they’re less capable of delivering the breakthroughs that change our world for the better. Big companies are too often focused on efficiency instead of resiliency. They’re optimized for safety and predictability, for maintenance of the status quo. Their focus on capital efficiency leads them to engage in an illusion of innovation: activity that feels like innovation but leads to value destruction, not progress.

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Systems, Smart Technologies and Innovation for Society, Volume 1


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031519817 | 352 Pages | PDF (True) | 39 MB
The innovative nature of this text enables us to draw connections between technical advancements and experiences aimed at enhancing the integration of emerging technologies on local, national, and regional scales. It showcases the strides made in diverse engineering domains, underlining the book’s multidisciplinary appeal.

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Research Handbook on Innovation in International Business


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English | ISBN: 1800882939 | 2022 | 320 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Expansive and engaging, the Research Handbook on Innovation in International Business takes a deep dive into technological, organisational, firm, and industry-level innovation. Contributions from leading experts in international business cover large multinational firms to SMEs and emerging markets, providing industry-specific insights into innovative solutions from across the globe.

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R&D Management Practices and Innovation Evidence from a Firm Survey


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English | ISBN: 9811697965 | 2022 | 112 pages | PDF | 1469 KB
This Open Access book provides a detailed account of firms’ research and development (R&D) management practices, and whether and how R&D management practices are associated with the success and the nature (explorative or exploitive) of innovation, using a unique survey of firms in Japan. While there is wide agreement that innovation is a key determinant for growth of firms, there are few studies that systematically and quantitatively investigate what firms do in their R&D management to create innovation. Utilizing insights from theoretical and empirical studies on innovation, the authors focus on the following four aspects of R&D management: the organizational structure of R&D, staged project management for R&D projects, compensation and incentive schemes for R&D personnel, and a firm’s risk preferences and corporate culture. The authors examine whether and how R&D management practices are linked to the likelihood of firms’ success in making product innovations and the choice between explorative and exploitive innovation. The book furnishes vital information that can be used as a reference for future theoretical and empirical analyses of R&D management practices and innovation. This monograph is highly recommended to academics and practitioners who seek an in-depth and detailed analysis of R&D management.

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Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation


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English | ISBN: 1032517727 | 2023 | 214 pages | EPUB, PDF | 9 MB + 22 MB
Authored by two architects, Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation: Thoughts, Dreams and Places tells a story of buildings that were built in Poland between 1980 and 2020, as architecture developed in the Western world and Japan. Its main focus is public utility buildings which the authors "have touched" in situ and which have moved them or sparked their interest. The book is divided into three parts:

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