Books to inspire, inform and guide you.
The Balancing Act of InnovationBy Philippe SiberzhanInnovations are everywhere - and they matter. They matter because they change our lives, for better or worse, and because they are the source of long-term growth. But is innovation always the best pol... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Chinnovation: How Chinese Innovators are Changing the WorldBy Yinglan TanIt is widely-believed that China's entrepreneur has grown and their businesses are succeeding primarily due to their knowledge of the domestic market, quick adaptation to market changes, and their res... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist: How the Hard-Driving CEO of a Carpet Company You Never Heard of Doubled Earnings, Won New Customers, Inspired Employees, and Created InnovationBy Ray AndersonIn 1994, after reading Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce, carpet mogul Anderson decided to make his carpet company Interface, established in 1973, the first company to achieve 100 percent sustaina... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Living for the Weekday: What Every Employee and Boss Needs to Know about Enjoying Work and LifeBy Clint SwindallEmployee engagement drives superior performance—it's that simple. Good leaders know this, and take active steps to promote it. Yet engagement is a two-way street; no program works without employees [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Creating Innovative Products and Services: The Forth Innovation MethodBy Gijs Van WulfenReally new products and services are scarce, yet the need for them is huge. That's why Innovation is an important managerial instrument - but many of us struggle with how to approach it. Gijs van Wulf... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Open Innovation Marketplace: Creating Value in the Challenge Driven EnterpriseBy Alpheus Bingham, Dwayne SpradlinThe Open Innovation Marketplace introduces groundbreaking strategies for leveraging a world of innovators to develop breakthrough products faster, with lower cost and risk. Drawing on their experience... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Harvard Business Review on Inspiring & Executing InnovationBy Harvard Business ReviewFresh ideas can mean big profits--but only if they make it to market and sell. If you need the best practices and ideas for creating and delivering new products and services--but don't have time to... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Laughing Warriors: How to Enjoy Killing the Status QuoBy Dale DautenHow to Enjoy Killing the Status Quo, Dale Dauten's summary guide to a career of "creative usefulness." He writes, "The warriors of the modern organization aren't just fighting deadlines or bureaucr... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Innovation and EntrepreneurshipBy John Bessant, Joe TiddDeveloped for courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an accessible introductory text written primarily for students of business and management studies... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Tomorrow's Enterprises: Six Forces Driving the Future of InnovationBy Brian MulconreyIn his book Tomorrow's Enterprises, futurist and innovation consultant Brian Mulconrey reports from a series of checkpoints over the next several decades to explore what enterprises might emerge from [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Power of Convergence: Linking Business Strategies and Technology Decisions to Create Sustainable SuccessBy Faisal Hoque, Lawrence M. Walsh, Diana L. Mirakaj, Jeffrey BruchnerFrom technology giants to major airlines to government agencies, the landscape is littered with the shells of once-promising enterprises that failed to do one thing: converge their impressive technolo... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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R&D Creativity and Innovation Handbook: A Practical Guide To Improve Creative Thinking and Innovation Success At WorkBy Edward GlassmanThis amazing handbook clarifies practical R&D creative problem solving for innovation success. Modern creative thinking procedures provide the skills necessary for profitable innovation. High quality [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox -- How Great Brands Invent and Launch New Products, Services, and Business ModelsBy Michael Maddock, Paul B. BrownA strategic blueprint for successful new product development and implementation Brand New provides a clear road map to creating successful new products using a revolutionary innovation process. Aut... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Managing Technological Innovation: Competitive Advantage from ChangeBy Frederick BetzWritten by the author who helped crystalize the field of technology management and the management of innovation with the first two editions of Managing Technological Innovation, this Third Edition bri... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Idea Hunter: How to Find the Best Ideas and Make them HappenBy Andy Boynton, Bill FischerJack Welch once said, "Someone, somewhere has a better idea." In this myth-busting book, the authors reveal that great business ideas do not spring from innate creativity, or necessarily from the bril... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Winner's Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve SuccessBy Jeff Brown, Mark GenskeEver wonder why some people seem blessed with success? In fact, everyone is capable of winning in life—you just need to develop the right brain for it. In The Winner’s Brain, Drs. Jeffrey Brown... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New EraBy Henry ChesbroughThe father of “open innovation” is back with his most significant book yet. Henry Chesbrough’s acclaimed book Open Innovation described a new paradigm for management in the 21st century. Open... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Qualitative Research and Theory Development: Mystery as MethodBy Mats Alvesson, Dan KarremanEmpirical data is one of the cornerstones of knowledge in the social sciences. And yet, the researcher often takes it for granted, reserving his or her imaginative faculties for finding a theory that [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Managing Research, Development and Innovation: Managing the UnmanageableBy Ravi Jain, Harry C. Triandis, Cynthia W. WeickAs the economy shifts from producing goods to producing information, the role of researchers in shaping the future has become immense. By taking advantage of modern technology, the highly trained and [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Collaboration and Co-creation: New Platforms for Marketing and InnovationBy Gaurav BhallaToday’s consumers are more knowledgeable, networked, and vocal. For them consumption is not merely an act of buying products and services, but an expression of their creative potential. Consequently... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |