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Book SynopsisProviding a historical narrative of HRD from the beginning of human history through modern times, this book reveals the consistent interaction between the philosophies of the time, theories, and methods of people management and how these philosophies impact what is known as HRD today.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction to HRD History and Critical Thinking Theory 2. Early Human History 3. The Hellenic Period 4. 400 - 1800 AD: The Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment 5. The Industrial Revolution 6. World War II 7. 1950's - 1970's: The Rise of Organization Development 8. HRD in the Modern Era 9. Underlying Assumptions of HRD Theory and Practice 10. Critical Thinking in HRD: A Path Forward References

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Book SynopsisCombining the expertise of two consultants and academics from East and West, this book provides an international guide for family businesses, showing how to identify and implement the best governance strategies. Packed with case studies and interviews, this is the ultimate guide for family businesses wanting to achieve long-term success.Trade Review'For the first time, I see a book that provides a structured approach to the unique contributions families deliver to their firms and to the design of corporate and family governance, to reduce the challenges ahead'. -Willem M. van Eeghen, President, The Henokiens, International Association of Bi-Centenary Family Companies 'This book contains the essence of the most valuable insights gained through large scale and long-term research that has been published in leading academic journals about family-controlled businesses. The tools proposed have been tested on all continents and they work! A must-read.' -André Hoffmann, Chairman, Massellaz SA; Vice President, WWF International "The combined knowledge of two professors from very different universes, with case studies from all over the world, this book provides family businesses with a powerful tool to make the most of their assets." -Priscilla de Moustier, Director of Wendel, Wendel-Participations, and FBN International; Vice President of the French chapter of FBNTable of Contents1. Building Blocks 2. Family Assets 3. Roadblocks 4. The Family Business Map 5. Ownership Design 6. Succession 7. EXIT 8. Beyond the Family Business Map

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Book SynopsisThe Importance of Being a Vocabulary; Jaan Valsiner1. Why Do We Need a New Vocabulary for Creativity?; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu, Lene Tanggaard and Charlotte Wegener2. Affordance; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu3. Business as Usual; Kristian Dahl and Lene Tanggaard4. Craft; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu5. Difference; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu6. Fear; Luca Tateo7. Language; Carolin Demuth and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu8. Lostness; Charlotte Wegener9. Memory; Brady Wagoner and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu10. Mess; Lene Tanggard and Tue Juelsbo11. Mirroring; Charlotte Wegener12.Pathways; Lene Tanggard13. Perspective; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu14. Power; Claus Elmholdt and Marten Fogsgaard15. Reflexivity; Constance de Saint-Laurent and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu16. Rhythm; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu17. Rules; Tues Juelsbo18. Space; Nikita A. Kharlamov19. Stumbling; Lene Tanggaard20 Things; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu21 Translation; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu22. Upcycling; CharlotteTrade Review"A provocative and unique contribution to the field of creativity studies. If you're interested in creativity, keep this book close at hand. I know I will!" - Ronald A. Beghetto, Editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, USA "One of the biggest challenges facing creativity researchers is the lack of a common language across fields. People in business, psychology, and education study very similar issues but are often unaware of related work. It is easy to switch terms between creativity, imagination, and innovation, but a real solution requires more work. What this essential volume does is to explore core ideas (such as language or memory or power) that span fields and disciplines and discuss how they relate to creativity. This book is not just for people interested in creativity research – it is for anyone interested in how science can grow and evolve." - James C. Kaufman, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut, USATable of ContentsThe Importance of Being a Vocabulary; Jaan Valsiner 1. Why Do We Need a New Vocabulary for Creativity?; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu, Lene Tanggaard and Charlotte Wegener 2. Affordance; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 3. Business as Usual; Kristian Dahl and Lene Tanggaard 4. Craft; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 5. Difference; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 6. Fear; Luca Tateo 7. Language; Carolin Demuth and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 8. Lostness; Charlotte Wegener 9. Memory; Brady Wagoner and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 10. Mess; Lene Tanggard and Tue Juelsbo 11. Mirroring; Charlotte Wegener 12.Pathways; Lene Tanggard 13. Perspective; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 14. Power; Claus Elmholdt and Marten Fogsgaard 15. Reflexivity; Constance de Saint-Laurent and Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 16. Rhythm; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 17. Rules; Tues Juelsbo 18. Space; Nikita A. Kharlamov 19. Stumbling; Lene Tanggaard 20 Things; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 21 Translation; Vlad Petre Gl?veanu 22. Upcycling; Charlotte Wegener

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Book SynopsisTheresa Robbins Dudeck is Keith Johnstone's Literary Executor and Co-Director of the Global Improvisation Initiative (GII). She is an improvisation and applied improvisation practitioner and scholar working in both academic and professional settings, and she is considered one of the foremost teachers of Keith Johnstone's Impro System. Dudeck is the author of Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography (Bloomsbury 2013). She received her Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Oregon.Caitlin McClure has been applying improv to projects inside and outside of the theatre for most of her life. Based in New York City, she coaches, designs and facilitates experiential learning leadership development programs, worldwide. McClure received her M.A. in Adult Learning and Leadership at Columbia University.Trade ReviewApplied Improvisation is a world-class textbook for those who want to learn how to teach corporate and nonprofit groups improvisation skills. It's also an inspiring idea book for anyone who wants to bring the magic of theatre to their organization. After reading this remarkable work, you'll be eager to start on your own improv adventure. -- Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human, Drive, and A Whole New MindApplied Improvisation triumphantly reveals to us, with passionate and fascinating research, by seasoned practitioners, over and over again how the power of this transformative art form can spread its positive and proactive influence over myriad walks of the human experience. -- Keegan-Michael Key, actor, writer, producer, and alum of The Second CityActors often underestimate the phenomenal personal responsibility required of them when learning improvisation. Applied Improvisation demands a new understanding of what the improviser’s responsibility might be, and as this book brilliantly reveals, it doesn’t need actors or theatre spaces, but a new sense of purpose. This inspirational book will help you find it. -- Geoffrey Colman, Head of Acting, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UKHaving used applied improvisation for ideation with design teams, I was inspired to read about the myriad other ways it can create positive movement and new practices. Improv opens pathways of possibilities where situations and thoughts seem locked and rigid. Twelve compelling case studies, plus practical tools anyone can use. -- Katy Tisch, Vice President, Creative Director, Global Nike Retail DesignTable of ContentsForeword by Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson Introduction by Theresa R. Dudeck and Caitlin McClure Section 1: Bringing Brands to Life 1. A Burger, Fries, and a Side of Improv by Gary Hirsch and Amy Veltman (On Your Feet, Portland, USA) 2. Candy in Karachi: Sweetening Market Research Through Play by Faris Khalid (Karachi, Pakistan) Section II: Resilience and Connection 3. Oncology Nurses Creating a Culture of Resiliency with Improvisation by Cathy Salit (Performance of a Lifetime, New York, USA) 4. The Connect Improv Curriculum: Supporting Youth on the Autism Spectrum and Their Educators by Lacy Alana ( Hideout Theatre, Austin, USA) and Jim Ansaldo (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) 5. Creating a Spontaneous Village: Community from Play by Brad Fortier (Oregon Health Authority, USA) 6. Practicing for the Unimaginable: The Heroic Improv Cycle by Mary Tyszkiewicz (Heroic Improvisation, Washington, D.C., USA) Section III: Leadership Development 7. Tiffany & Co. Says Yes, And by Caitlin McClure ((New York, USA) 8. Action! Transforming Executives Through Improvised Theatre by Teresa Norton (StarMaker, Hong Kong) 9. The Fish and The Fishbowl: An Adventure in Using Applied Improvisation to Unleash Collaborative Intelligence by Julie Huffaker and Karen Dawson (Deeper Funner Change, Calgary, Canada) Section IV: Higher Education 10. From Hell, No to Yes, And: Applied Improvisation for Training in Conflict Resolution, Mediation, and Law” by Barbara Tint (Portland State University, USA) 11. Decolonizing “Diversity” on Campus Using Applied Improvisation by Annalisa Dias (Producing Playwright, The Welders, USA) 12. Making Science Make Sense: Applied Improvisation for Public Communication of Science and Health by Jonathan P. Rossing (Gonzaga University, USA) and Krista Hoffmann-Longtin (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA) 13. On the Notion of Emergence: An Interview with Keith Sawyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) and Neil Mullarkey (co-founder The Comedy Store Players, UK) by Theresa R. Dudeck Appendix A. Key Improvisation Tenets and Terms Appendix B. About the Workbook and List of Exercises Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor many knowledge-intensive or technology-based start-up companies, the professional management of intellectual property (IP) is critically important. In fact, IP may be the main asset by which the value of a young company is determined and on which decisions to invest in the company are based - and so IP needs to be considered very early in the planning process. Intellectual Property: From Creation to Commercialisation provides a detailed grounding for innovators and researchers. The book starts with the source of innovation - that is, at the point where resourcefulness and creativity combine to develop new opportunities through problem-solving - and examines the critical steps that need to be carefully managed in the process surrounding the creation of IP and managing its development from concept through to exploitation. This involves the steps of identifying, capturing and assessing the value of IP. Useful recommendations for managing the transfer of IP from a research environment to the knowledge economy are provided and case studies illustrate pitfalls to watch out for. Readers can expect to gain a broad understanding of IP and the innovation process. Specifically, they will learn: > The benefits of implementing procedures to ensure that IP can be protected, managed and exploited effectively. > How to assess the most appropriate routes to market, such as licensing or sale of their IP, or establishing a spin-out company to deliver a service or product offering. > How to present a viable business case to potential funders and investors.

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Book SynopsisService Integration and Management (SIAM) Foundation Body of Knowledge (BoK), Second editionhas been updated to reflect changes to the market and is the official guide for the EXIN SIAM Foundation certification. Prepare for your SIAM Foundation exam and understand how SIAM can benefit your organization!

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Book Synopsis'The Incredible Power of Staff Networks' sets out to serve two important functions: make the business case for staff networks so that board members, those in HR and anyone involved in the corporate health of an organisation can tap into the powerful resource of their staff network; and offers practical insight into how to run an effective staff network that can have a positive impact on its members, wider organisation, and the bottom line. Any successful business, whatever the sector, whatever the marketplace, will understand the value in managing and harnessing the potential of an increasingly diverse workforce; want to recruit and retain the most talented people; and aim to provide the best service to clients and customers. Staff networks, because of their access, insight and experience, can help organisations achieve all of these things and provide valuable perspective. Acting as a collective voice, they can be effective, influential and innovative.Trade Review"When staff networks get together to find innovative solutions to systemic problems to help strengthen the organisation, it shines a light on employees at their absolute best." Sir Bob Kerslake, Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government

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Book Synopsis Ideas are ubiquitous. They are the fundamental building blocks for all aspects of life. Yet, efforts to use ideas as a basic unit of analysis in a shared framework are rare. We often find it difficult to look past the artificial boundaries that academic disciplines and specialist fields of knowledge construct. In this book, the authors address this substantial lacuna by proposing an intuitive theory of ideas that serves as a trans-disciplinary basis for studying innovation and creativity. The theory proposed shows how new ideas emerge from contexts that rely on mechanisms, which were originally built on older and more central ideas. It demonstrates how these mechanisms help instantiate different perspectives on the same idea in variegated manners. By applying their theory to a variety of bat and ball sports, the authors illustrate the role that primitive ideas have on sports innovation, and explore further avenues for employing the theory in a number of different situations. This original book will be of interest to anyone who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the processes of innovation and creativity, developed within a complex framework of ideas.Table of ContentsPart I. Introducing Ideas.- 1. The Most Basic Unit.- Part II. Building the Theory.- 2. A Subjective Theory of Ideas.- 3. Mechanisms of the Theory of Ideas.- 4. Core Rules, Contracts and Commons.- Part III. Why We Play.- 5. The Ideas before Sports.- 6. The Ideas in Sports.

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Book SynopsisIn a world of rapid and unpredictable change, the problem with strategic planning is that if you follow your plan through to the end, you will get exactly what you used to want. What you need is a framework for planning and implementing a strategy that is agile enough to adapt to a dynamic environment but focused enough to deliver. That framework is the Dynamic Balanced Scorecard. The original Balanced Scorecard system has proven the most popular, successful and enduring framework for strategy execution over the last 25 years. Comprising a Strategy Map and a scorecard of KPIs, targets and initiatives, the framework helped organizations distil a strategy into actionable components and measure progress towards a strategic vision, while also implementing and monitoring the actions that drove change. However, for all its success, the Balanced Scorecard system now needs to evolve for the digital age. Until now, building the system, rolling it out enterprise-wide and adapting it to external changes has been a lengthy process. While the fundamental principles of the system are still sound and relevant, it needs to become nimbler and more responsive. The book provides a step-by-step guide to agile strategy management: from formulation to implementation to learning and adapting. For each of the steps, the book explains how Dynamic Balanced Scorecards, fit for the digital age, are built and deployed.Table of Contents1 Digital Era Strategy Management: From planning to dynamic decision making 2 From Industrial to Digital-Era-based Strategies3 Agile Strategy Setting4 Strategy Mapping in Disruptive Times5 How to Build an Agile and Adaptive Balanced Scorecard6 Driving Rapid Enterprise Alignment7 Aligning the Financial and Operational Drivers of Strategic Success8 Developing Strategy-aligned Project Management Capabilities9 Unleashing the Power of Analytics for Strategic Learning and Adapting10 How to Ensure a Strategy-Aligned Leadership11 How to Ensure a Strategy-Aligned Culture12 Ensuring Employee Sense of Purpose in the Digital Era13 Further Developments, Driving Sustainable Value through Collaborative Strategy Maps and Scorecards14 Conclusion and 25 Key Strategic Questions

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Book SynopsisThis book is for product managers, product owners, product marketing managers, VPs and Heads of Product, CEOs, and start-up founders. In short, it serves anyone interested personally or professionally in software product management. You’ll learn how to plan, coordinate and execute all activities required for software product success. It enables you to find the right balance for delivering customer value and long-term product success.The book offers a comprehensive introduction for beginners as well as proven practices and a novel, holistic approach for experienced product managers. It provides much-needed clarity regarding the numerous tasks and responsibilities involved in the professional and successful management of software products. Readers can use this book as a reference book if they are interested in or have the urgent need to improve one of the following software product management dimensions: Product Viability, Product Development, Go-to-Market / Product Marketing, Software Demonstrations and Training, The Market / Your Customers, or Organizational Maturity.The book helps product people to maximize their impact and effectiveness. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner, new to software product management, or just want to learn more about the best-of-all disciplines and advance your skills, this book introduces a novel and “business” tested approach to structure and orchestrate the vital dimensions of software product management. You will learn how to create focus and alignment on the things that matter for product success.The book describes a holistic framework to keep the details that matter for product success in balance, taking into consideration the limiting factors, strategies and responsibilities that determine the overall product yield potential. It explains how to leverage and adapt the framework with regard to aspects like product viability, product development, product marketing and software demonstrations and training, as well as more general aspects like markets, customers and organizational maturity.The book focuses on the unique challenges of software product managers or any related roles, whether you are a founder of a small to mid-sized software company or working in the complex ecosystems of large software enterprises or corporate IT departments.Trade Review“This book is recommended for readers who are looking for a way to assess their own product management practices or who are interested in learning about how software product management can be introduced to an organization.” (Julia Yousefi, Computing Reviews, April 29, 2021)Table of ContentsPart I: Setting the Scene and Introducing the Product Yield Potential Radar.- Part II: PYPR Software Product Management Dimensions in Detail.- Part III: Case Studies Applying PYPR.

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Book SynopsisIn today’s ever-changing global world, there is a permanent need for anticipating new and evolving customer needs, resource supply constraints, and dynamically changing employee expectations. Sustainable innovation applies to products, services, and technologies as well as new business and organization models. This book provides insights into sustainable innovation trends in various marketing- and management-related fields. Authors critically investigate, amongst others, the sustainability impact of disruptive product design and innovative collaboration solutions within buyer-supplier relationships, along with innovative organizational processes to promote sustainable well-being-productivity synergy in a VUCA world. This volume is a uniquely positioned contribution of interrelated research articles on the sustainability-driven innovation needed for organizational health and future viability.Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1. Quasi-Passive Lower and Upper Extremity Robotic Exoskeleton for Strengthening Human Locomotion Aryaman Arora and John R. McIntyre 2. Ideate-Generate: Design Thinking and User Experience (UX) for Sustainable Impact on Global Product Development of Wearable Technologies in the Healthcare Industry Alexandra Washington, Samira Soumahoro, and Anshu Arora 3. Seeing is Believing: The Disruptive Effect of Sustainable and Functional Product Design in Electric Bikes for Emerging Economies Delonte D. Bright, Edna Laetitia Aude Diouf Ogandaga, and Anshu Arora 4. Do Greener Products Earn More Green? Examining Biomimicry along with Incremental and Radical Sustainable Product Innovations for UX Designs Snehapriya Bharatha, Elizabeth Jensolowsky, Michael Teiman, Anshu Arora, and Jennifer Edmonds 5. The Evolution of Buyer-Supplier Relationships Loucace Ampe, Barabara Anne Payne, Robert Iyeli Spake, Shavon Sharpe, and Amit Arora 6. The Road to Sustainable Transportation in Supply Chains: A Stage-Level Approach Meena Hotak, Evelin Turcois, Divina Grace Dayrit, and Amit Arora 7. Coaching, Agility and Sustainable Leadership Christophe Bacouel 8. Innovation in Employee Selection: Tracing the Use of Hugo Münsterberg’s Test for Motormen Nicole Cannonier 9. Family Business Sustainability - The Intergenerational Transfer of Social Capital and Network Contacts Fabian Bernhard, Miriam Hiepler, François-Xavier Engel 10. Sustainable Well-Being at work: A French-Swedish comparison Anne-Sophie Bacouel and Thomas Vergnol

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Book SynopsisThis book explores in depth the phenomenon of user innovation in healthcare. In particular, the book sheds light on patient innovation, whereby patients and/or caregivers proactively develop and diffuse new products and services that provide health and quality of life benefits by addressing gaps in existing market offerings. The aim is to clarify the key characteristics of these innovative processes and to offer practitioners and policymakers tangible bottom-up evidence, solutions, and ideas that will assist in improving health systems, organizations, and practices. A number of important and interesting research questions are addressed, casting light on the types of products and services that tend to be developed by patient innovators, the typical profile of these innovators, the role played by firms, institutions, and health professionals, and the ways in which digital technologies support the dissemination of innovations among patient communities and within the industry. Beyond academic scholars and policymakers, the book will be of high value for students on master’s programs in both medical sciences and business and economics.Table of ContentsChapter 1: User innovation.- Chapter 2: User innovation in healthcare.- Chapter 3: Patient innovation.- Chapter 4: Cases of patient innovation.

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Book SynopsisDespite the ever-increasing interest in eye tracking, there is still no comprehensive work on the potential and applications of table-mounted and mobile head-mounted eye tracking solutions in travel and tourism. This volume bridges that gap, effectively linking eye tracking with travel and tourism. It presents, on the one hand, novel academic contributions on the concept of eye tracking, and on the other, practice-oriented case studies that illustrate the use and strategic value of eye tracking in travel and tourism. It provides concrete and novel insights into tourist behavior and the tourist consumer experience and, for the academic community, offers a comprehensive, scientifically based overview of the empirical, methodological, theoretical, and practical contributions of eye tracking research. Accordingly, the book will be of value to a diverse audience. It will be a useful resource for existing and future tourism businesses, allowing them to adopt proactive approaches in the design of tourism products. It will also stimulate further research in the field and inspire scholars and practitioners to combine their ideas and expertise, to look beyond supposedly fixed horizons, and to identify emerging opportunities. Trade Review“The chapters in this book provide a thorough and systematic review of the literature and reveal the detail of the experiment process, data analysis, and interpretation, which aid beginners when they first carry out eye-tracking experiments in their tourism studies. … In general, the content presentation of the book offers rich information about using a multisource approach and data triangulation with eye-tracking technology to analyzing online/offline tourist behavior while reducing the potential biases that can appear in traditional methods.” (Sunny Zhenzhen Nong and Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong, Information Technology & Tourism, Vol. 23, 2021)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Eye Tracking in Tourism. Part I: Eye tracking methods, concepts and applications. Chapter 2: A review of eye-tracking methods in tourism research. Chapter 3: Best practice for eye-tracking studies: DOs and DON’Ts. Chapter 4: Eye-tracking: Evaluation, potential, and limitations of field applications. Chapter 5: Knowledge Co-Creation through Eye Tracking in Tourism. Part II: Eye tracking research and case studies. Chapter 6: The Relevance of Eye-Tracking to Understand Users’ Practices and Content Interpretation in Tourism-related Online Navigation. Chapter 7: Areas of Interest on Destination Websites: A Generation Y’s Perspective. Chapter 8: Measurement of visual attention to advertising using eye-tracking techniques. Chapter 9: User Experience Improvement for Online Travel Agencies through Eye-tracking – the Onlineweg.de Case Study. Chapter 10: Areas of interest for a CSR certificate on touristic websites: An eye tracking experiment using the example of TourCert. Chapter 11: Acquiring sustainability information in holiday travel. Chapter 12: The museum learning experience through the visitors’ eyes: An eye tracking exploration of the physical context. Chapter 13: Using Mobile Eye-Tracking to Inform the Development of nature tourism Destinations in Iceland. Chapter 14: Viewing behaviour and task performance on Austrian destination websites: Comparing Generation Y and the Baby Boomers.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses how academic institutions can play a principal role in companies innovation strategy. The characteristics of University-Industry collaboration are strongly related to the social aspect of the activity of collaborating agents oriented towards a common object of work. To analyze this phenomenon, the author applies one of the concepts from the “Practice-Based Approach", namely the concept of the Activity Network to understand the collaboration process of R&D activities in a Nordic (Telia) and Swiss (Swisscom) Telecom Companies developing innovative products. The author focuses on four phases of University-Industry innovation partnership building: identification, selection, formation and navigation. The study shows the interactions between individuals, the contexts in which they act and explores ways in which collaborative value co-creation is managed. This pioneering research offers new theoretical insights and managerial implications on how these dynamics influence innovation in companies. It will thus be invaluable to international scholars, researchers of R&D and innovation as well as business managers. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Definitions.- Objectives of the Study.- Research Strategy.- Theoretical Framework.- Empirical Analysis of TeliaSonera and its Confrontation with the Theory.- Empirical Analysis of Swisscom and its Confrontation with the Theory.- Conceptual Synthesis.- Principal Contributions and Implications.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book addresses the practical challenges that Industry 4.0 presents for SMEs. While large companies are already responding to the changes resulting from the fourth industrial revolution , small businesses are in danger of falling behind due to the lack of examples, best practices and established methods and tools. Following on from the publication of the previous book ‘Industry 4.0 for SMEs: Challenges, Opportunities and Requirements’, the authors offer in this new book innovative results from research on smart manufacturing, smart logistics and managerial models for SMEs. Based on a large scale EU-funded research project involving seven academic institutions from three continents and a network of over fifty small and medium sized enterprises, the book reveals the methods and tools required to support the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 along with practical examples.Table of ContentsSection I: Implementing Industry 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing in SMEs.-1. Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing (Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt).- 2. Computational Intelligence in the Context of Industry 4.0 (Alexander Hošovský, Ján Piteľ, Monika Trojanová, Kamil Židek).-3. AI and ML for Human-Robot Cooperation in Intelligent and Flexible Manufacturing (Manuel A. Ruiz Garcia, Erwin Rauch, Renato Vidoni, Dominik T. Matt).- 4. Industrial Assistance Systems to Enhance Human-Machine Interaction and Operator’s Capabilities in Assembly (Benedikt G. Mark, Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt).- Section II: Implementing Industry 4.0 for Smart Logistics in SMEs.-5. Investigation of the Potential to Use Real-Time Data in Production Planning and Control of MTO Manufacturing Companies (Manuel Woschank, Patrick Dallasega, Johannes A. Kapeller).-6. Readiness Model for Integration of ICT and CPS for SMEs Smart Logistics (Sakgasit Ramingwong, Lachana Ramingwong, Trasapong Thaiupathump, Rungchat Chompu-inwai).- 7. Automated Performance Measurement in Internal Logistics Systems (Chiara Raith, Manuel Woschank, Helmut Zsifkovits).- 8. A Case Study: Industry 4.0 and Human Factors in SMEs (Helmut Zsifkovits, Manuel Woschank, Corina Pacher).-Section III: Organizational and Management Models for Smart SMEs.-9. Transition of SMEs Towards Smart Factories: Business Models and Concepts (Vladimír Modrák, Zuzana Šoltysová).-10. Towards SME 4.0: The Impact of Industry 4.0 Technologies on SMEs’ Business Models (Philipp C. Sauer, Guido Orzes, Laura Davi).-11. General Assessment of Industry 4.0 Awareness in South India – A Precondition for Efficient Organization Models? (Korrakot Tippayawong, Leoš Šafár, Jakub Sopko, Darya Dancaková, Manuel Woschank).-12. Implementation Strategies for SME 4.0: Insights on Thailand (Apichat Sopadang, Sakgasem Ramingwong, Tanyanuparb Anantana, Krisana Tamvimol)

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Book SynopsisStrategies and practices for growing ecosystems are increasingly important in shaping industries and markets. Sustaining productive innovation is not just about you. It depends on others as well as your willingness and ability to collaborate effectively. This book is about how to use, as well as develop, a co-innovation platform to accelerate innovation and sustain ecosystem growth. It will show how you, your team and your organization can create and foster collaborative innovation among a diverse set of organizations that are located outside of your company’s hierarchy. A co-innovation platform provides an environment where firms can combine or recombine ideas to generate novel solutions. A distinctive feature of the co-innovation platform is its resource-open and hands-on approach to innovation. For many organizations, resource limitations, organizational obstacles and/or time constraints kill an idea before it takes shape. By providing access to demand-side and supply-side resources and capabilities to facilitate co-innovation, the platform solves this problem and shapes the ecosystem’s innovation trajectory from the ground up. This book provides strategic and practical guidance for orchestrating collaborative problem solving and ecosystem growth.Table of Contents1: Introduction to Co-Innovation Platforms.- 2: Platforms: What and How?.- 3: What is Co-Innovation?.- 4: Building Successful Co-Innovation Platforms.- 5: Remaining Frictionless: Intellectual Property.- 6: Bringing it all together.

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Book SynopsisThe result of the application of strategic management philosophy to the nexus of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economy, strategic entrepreneurship fosters sustainable development and competitiveness. This volume provides an introduction to the theories of strategic entrepreneurship and accounts of their real-world applications in the entrepreneurial sector. The book is divided into three parts. Chapters in Part I discuss strategic entrepreneurship dynamics and mechanisms. Chapters in Part II focus on strategic entrepreneurship concepts and theories. Chapters in Part III provide global examples of strategic entrepreneurship practices in action. Presenting a view of strategic entrepreneurship across diverse sectors and industries, this edited volume will be attractive to researchers and students interested in management, entrepreneurship, economics, public administration, and public policy, as well as corporate strategists, managers, and policymakers looking to integrate the principles of strategic entrepreneurship.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Dynamics and Mechanisms.- Chapter 2: Economic development at G7 country level: taxonomy of economic development ranking and proposition of a strategic entrepreneurship model of development.- Chapter 3: A study on the impact of the fourth industrial revolution and big data on human resources in Italian companies.- Chapter 4: The logic of production in the informal enterprises: the case of Bolivia and its implications for the public policy.- Part II: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Theories.- Chapter 5: A metaphorical approach to the fundamental grounds in strategic timing: a contribution to the ontological perception, axiological evaluation, and epistemological classification of timing in strategic management.- Chapter 6: Going on a quest for social and humane intentions within strategic entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review approach.- Chapter 7: Corporate entrepreneurship strategy and internationalization: a literature review.- Chapter 8: Defining, measuring, and developing social entrepreneurship skills: A crucial element of social entrepreneurship strategy.- Chapter 9: How strategic entrepreneurship benefits public administration: a potential application of complexity theory.- Part III: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Practices.- Chapter 10: The strategic entrepreneurship pitching on crowdfunding platforms: a traction toward emerging advanced technologies.- Chapter 11: Technology-based entrepreneurship: venture inception, entrepreneurial aspirations, and background.- Chapter 12: Critical innovation strategies for achieving competitive strategic entrepreneurship in ever-increasing turbulent markets.- Chapter 13: Growth loops: from perceptions of growth to motivations for growth in high-growth women-led entrepreneurial firms.- Chapter 14: Rethinking strategic entrepreneurial succession: unfolding hidden aspects of the entrepreneurial families’ iceberg.- Index.

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Book SynopsisTechnology is pervasive in today’s globalized world. Moreover, technology and globalization drive competitiveness and strategy, and must be managed well. This textbook uses technology management as the central theme to cover multiple business and social facets, including digital transformation, cybersecurity, international operations, marketing, finance, culture, human capital, and the political economy. The book is divided into four sections. Part 1 examines the confluence of globalization and technology from the first Industrial Revolution to the current Fourth Industrial Revolution. Part 2 introduces strategic and analytical metrics and models that are crucial to managerial decision-making. Part 3 discusses the basics of cybersecurity and combating cyber-threats to protect organization and its stakeholders. Part 4 focuses on sustainable operations, global projects, and digital transformation in a technology-centric, globalized world. The book will help students learn how to navigate business aspects of globalization and technology in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). For instructors, the learning objectives and discussion questions help guide students in grasping the material.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Section I. Understanding the Emerging 4IR World .- Chapter 1. The Road to 4IR (4th Industrial Revolution).- Chapter 2. Managing in the 4IR world.- Chapter 3: Business Concepts in Globalization.- Section II: 4IR Strategy and Analytics.- Chapter 4. Strategizing using Technology.- Chapter 5: How 4IR Innovations are Reshaping the World.- Chapter 6: Strategic Analytics for Decision-Making.- Chapter 7: Tying Strategic Analytics to Data Analytics.- Chapter 8: Data Analytics and Data Mining.- Section III: Cybersecurity in a Global Context .- Chapter 9: Introduction to Cybersecurity.- Chapter 10: Cybersecurity Threats: Malware in the Code.- Chapter 11: Cybersecurity Protection Framework.- Section IV: Managing 4IR Operations: Global Projects, Sustainability, & Digital Transformation.- Chapter 12: 4IR Operations, Technology, and Sustainability.- Chapter 13: Managing Offshore Projects and Operations.- Chapter 14: Digital Transformation in a Globalized World.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Understanding paradigm change in science, technology and innovation policy: Between science push and policy pull.- Development of innovation monitoring and innovation indicators in the past 50 years.- Foresight. Fifty years to think your futures.- Evaluating public research and innovation policies. A short history of co-evolution.- Assessing technological innovations. From early warning to the governance of socio-technical transformations.- Industry in a changing era. Production paradigms during the last 50 years.- From Niche to Mainstream: Exploring innovation and progress of renewable energy development.- Energy Demand and Modelling of Energy Systems. Five Decades from Little Knowledge to Differentiated Know-how.- Understanding the co-evolution of research and water protection policies: from single technologies to systemic integrated approaches for the sustainable use of water.- Drivers and patterns of change in systems and innovation research.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Creating the human capital for the Fourth Industrial Revolution epoch and beyond: perspectives for the manufacturing companies.- Chapter 2: Enhancing learning engagement through creative design: a case on Chemical engineering training.- Chapter 3: Assessment of the Impact of the Deployment of Manual Accreditation Application Systems by Sector Education and Training Authorities Government Agency on Skills Development Providers.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Mary Dixon Kies.- Martha Hunt Coston.- Margaret Knight.- Helen Augusta Blanchard.- Josephine Cochran.- Harriet Strong.- Mary Anderson.- Beulah Louise Henry.- Edith Clarke.- Marjorie Stewart Joyner.- Mary Engle Pennington.- Katharine Blodgett.- Hedy Lamarr.- Marion Donovan.- Allene Rosalind Jeanes.- Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown.- Gertrude Elion.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisManaging service towards better customer experiences: Digitalization, service infusion, and service innovation.- Service management: Evolution and moving forward.- Service management through service platforms and digitalization.- Strategies for service growth.- Value co-creation through collaboration: The case of efficient load out.- Configure to conquer implementing configurators to improve competitiveness.- Enabling a Circular Economy through Green Service Strategies.- A Little Bit of That Human Touch Avoid and Recover Service Failures.- Enhancing the phygital customer experience in the digital world.- Balancing value propositions with privacy: Exploring data-driven digital wellness business models.- Service innovation in the eyes of customers: The Swedish innovation index.- B2B service innovation: How business customers perceive firm innovativeness.- Service innovation in healthcare: Service today versus service tomorrow.

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Book SynopsisAn innovative management in the digital economy.- Investigating Dynamic capabilities for digitally transformed era the Lutech Innovation Ecosystem capabilities.- Competencies and Skills for a Digital Journey within Public Administration.- Digital Human Resource Management Exponential Technologies and Analytics to build People centred Organizations.- Digital Factory 5 0 experimenting digital innovation in the Reverse Logistics process.- Digital Technologies for sustainable development opportunities and challenges in the Renewable Energy Communities paradigm.- Artificial Intelligence platforms enabling conversational chatbots.- Smart City as a model of digital innovation for urban development A2As experience in the city of Milan.- Digital Innovation Ecosystems for the Sustainable Growth the case of ICESP the Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.- Digital Transformation in International Education.

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Book Synopsis.- AI for the Sustainable Development Goals..- AI-driven digital transformation leading the way to a more sustainable future..- Revolutionizing Healthcare: Unveiling the Power and Pitfalls of Digital Transformation..- Digital transformation and Impact of Technology on Brand Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting..- Digital transformation of family businesses: Innovation challenges and way forward..- The effects of Digital Transformation on inter-organizational relationships..- Digital Transformation for Sustainability in Freight Logistics and Maritime Transport..- Marketing, AI & Metaverse..- Aims, drivers and dynamics of the Industry 5.0: towards a Super-smart Society (S5.0).

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Book SynopsisA Buzzing Prologue.- Introduction to R&D.- What is R&D.- A brief history of R&D management.- Deep Insights and Advances in R&D Management.- R&D Organization.- Leading an R&D team.- What to research.- Navigating the tech landscape.- Technology commercialization.- Being Agile in Research.- Public funding.- Academic Program.- IP Considerations.-Outlook.

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Book SynopsisPresentation.- Recursion: definition, presence and origin.- Types of recursion.- Linguistic recursion.- Other recursion topics.- Epilogue.

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Book Synopsis.- 1. Introduction: Innovation in the context of demographic decline..- 2. Demographic Transition Theories and Innovation..- 3. Methodology and Research Design..- 4. Quantitative Analysis..- 5. Illustrative Case Study: the cases of Biella and Vercelli..- 6. General Discussion and Conclusion..- 7. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisWhy do Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) emerge rapidly as an instrument of start-up promotion in emerging economies like India? In what forms? What role do they play in start-up promotion? What are their major achievements? These questions have been answered empirically in this book. Accordingly, this book explores the nature, structure and process of incubation resulting in start-up generation and in the process, R&D contribution emerging from TBIs comprising accelerators, incubators and co-working spaces in three of the leading start-up hubs, namely, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad, in India. It describes typology, objectives, sponsors, and facilities provided by these TBIs. It further explores the process of selection, incubation and graduation of start-ups as it exists in these TBIs. Thereafter, it makes an assessment of R&D contributions that have emerged from the TBIs in the form of R&D inputs comprising personnel and capital expenditure, and R&D output in the form of new products/services developed, patent applications filed and revenue generated. Policy makers, researchers, engineering and management students, technology and business mentors, angels, venture capitalists, and MNC executives will find this book informative, revealing and a source of valuable insights on the new, emerging India.

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