Business innovation Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd XaaS: Everything-as-a-Service: The Lean and Agile
Book SynopsisXaaS: Everything-as-a-Service: The Lean and Agile Approach to Business Growth takes the reader into the bold new world of pay-per-use for a product or service. From the perspective of the customer, the servitization model yields multiple benefits: the consumer can try out the product/service at a relatively low cost, the risk is mitigated, capital expenses can be converted into operating expenses, it is not needed to forecast how often the product/service is used, and only parts of the product/service needed can be used. Similarly, a provider can benefit by having a larger market coverage, steadier stream of revenues, upgrades as and when needed, sharing of fixed assets across consumers, practicing of value-based pricing, and unbundling or bundling utility for consumers using appropriate pricing techniques. However, this "nanoization" of products/services is tricky, and has to be designed carefully. This book provides a set of recipes to providers to adopt the XaaS model by changing the provider's mindset: dividing the product/service forces the provider to take a value-driven approach to his product/service, and consequently, eliminate all non-value added activities. The requirements of the XaaS model serve both as an objective to the innovation and internal processes of the provider, and as guide to understanding the customer's needs. The book also covers data acquisition, data analysis and synthesis, and data application needs of the XaaS model, with simple examples and case studies from the business world of firms that achieve these objectives successfully.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the XaaS Model: A History of Servitization; The Consumer Perspective on XaaS; Pricing for the XaaS Model; Divide and Conquer: Disaggregating Products and Services; Servicizing the Business: Organizational Structures; XaaS and People Skills; Applications: Cloud Computing and SaaS; Applications: Servitization of Products; Applications: Unbundling Services; Conclusions;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd R&d Investment Of Multinational Corporations And
Book SynopsisChina has attracted a huge amount of investment in R&D internationalization of multi-national corporations (MNCs), which is playing an important role in its economy. Constrained by natural resources, China has to attach more importance to technological progress and indigenous innovation in order to move beyond the old economic growth model. Technology seems inaccessible to outsiders, which prevents others from doing research in a comprehensive and systematic manner. In this book, technology is regarded as a factor of production that is allocated by MNCs across the world to maximize profits. Such rational economic behavior serves as our entry point to enhance existing theoretical achievements on R&D internationalization.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Race For 5g Supremacy, The: Why China Is Surging,
Book SynopsisChina is surging in the tech race — and will continue to outperform the United States. The rising power has done exceptionally in Super Apps, bullet trains, 5G, electric vehicles, digital currency, smart cities, blockchain applications, and quantum communications in space, among others. Its payment platforms are increasingly adopted along the entire Silk Road.The genesis of this book was to discover an 'Apollo Program' for the US to catch up in these areas, but we discovered a much deeper need for a social/mental health Apollo Program for millennials who are bogged down by a host of under-appreciated and intertwined issues which cause anxiety and alienation and lead to massive losses in workplace productivity. This book proposes two Apollo programs — one for tech and one for millennials — by a millennial. Strategies for cracking the highly competitive Chinese Super App ecommerce market are also revealed.Related Link(s)
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Navigating Aseannovation: The Reservoir Principle
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia has been an emerging frontier for internet technology startups, with talent and capital flooding into the region's technology markets in recent years. Navigating ASEANnovation: The Reservoir Principle and other essays on startups and innovation in Southeast Asia is a collection of essays and interviews with founders and investors on what it takes to thrive and win in the region as a tech startup. From topics such as bringing together a founding team to exiting a company, the collection covers various aspects of startup growth, digging deep into the critical strategies tech founders and business leaders of different countries and industries can adopt, while embracing the diversity critical to understanding the region.Navigating ASEANnovation serves as go-to compendium providing practical advice and mental frameworks for anyone interested in Southeast Asia and tech startups, highlighting the unique aspects of operating in the region that the world can learn from as well.The collection was curated with commentary from Yinglan Tan, Founding Managing Partner of Insignia Ventures Partners, an early stage technology venture fund in Southeast Asia, and Paulo Joquiño, Editor of Insignia Business Review, the official publication of Insignia Ventures Partners.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Crossroads Of Family Businesses In China:
Book SynopsisCrossroads of Family Businesses in China: Succession and Transformation studies the intergenerational succession in family-owned businesses, specifically in the Chinese mainland. With the succession of family businesses over time, transformation is required as it needs to correspond to the world's development to successfully sustain the company. There is a multitude of factors that play their roles accordingly to perform a prosperous accession.Hence, this book highlights common issues such as the challenges for both succession and transformation of the company, the interest of the second generation, introducing the second generation to the business before fully passing on, family culture and morale, the distinction between wealth inheritance and business succession, the unorthodox tradition of mother-to-daughter succession and opening management to professionals. These topics are substantiated by case studies of Chinese family businesses, such as Neoglory Group, Midea, Red Collar, Fotile and even more. The book offers theories, practices and models for strategic transformations during succession.Readers will be able to enjoy insights into a critical evaluation of the intersection between succession and transformation. They will also discover how the different methods of succession utilized by real-life Chinese family-owned businesses affect the businesses' performance. This book will be their first step in constructing a thought on this topic, while indulging in an incredible learning experience.Trade Review"With numerous research and original cases studies, this book explains business essentials in simple terms, uncovers the mystery of Chinese family business inheritance and conducts targeted studies in a systematic manner. It offers valuable lessons, experience and best practice for businesses to learn. Using (Man) as a mirror, one understands one's errors or failures. Using history as a mirror, one knows of its rise or fall. Using this book as a mirror, one knows when to advance or retreat."; Chan Yue Kwong; Former Chairman of Cafe de Coral; Chairman of Hong Kong Management Association; Honorary Chairman of the Legacy Academy Institution; "How to promote business transformation with inheritance of wealth, career and entrepreneurial spirit? How to eliminate obstacles of inheritance with successful transformation? This book not only provides a concise and powerful analysis framework to help family businesses recognize themselves, but helps two generations find the right direction with in-depth analysis of typical cases."; Chen Ling; Associate Dean; Professor and Doctoral Supervisor; School of Management; Zhejiang University; "This book offers a unique perspective and interprets the connection between family inheritance and corporate transformation. It demonstrates elements that lead to the '3Ts' of successful family inheritance, namely Trust, Talent and Technology."; Annie Koh; Vice President of Business Development; Professor of Finance Practice and Academic Director of Family Business School; Singapore Management University; "This book is one of the few books worth recommending in the field of Chinese family business. It has both theoretical framework and a practical point of view. The book employs rich and vivid stories to discuss transformation and inheritance of family businesses."; Allen Cai Hongqing; Founder of Taiwan Institute of Directors;Table of ContentsChallenges to Family Business; Richness Stands for Willfulness? — Why Does the "Wealthy Second Generation" Prefer Financial Investment Industry?; "Family Culture": The Evergreen Cornerstone of Family Business; "1.5 Generation" Entrepreneurial Succession; Common Agreement of Xu Family; Family Fortune: Dividing the Family and Assets; From "De-familization" to "Building a Family-based Culture"; Family CEO or Professional CEO?; Succession of Professional Managers; Mother-to-daughter Inheritance in Boosting Brand Internationalization; Daughter Succeeds Father as the Pioneer of Strategic Transition; When Succession Meets with Transformation; Still on the Way;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Total Innovation Management: Theory And Practice
Book SynopsisThis book is the research report of the 'Construction of Theory and Formation Mechanism of Total Innovation Management (TIM)' (Program No. 70372018), a program funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. This program aims to discuss and analyze, under the general trend of indigenous innovation, how enterprises construct indigenous innovation capability through total innovation management and to offer enterprises theoretical foundations and practical guidance to develop themselves towards indigenous innovation.The research results are not only the results of a three-year long research but also the reflection of the accumulated experiences of our research center in the field of technology innovation for nearly 40 years. In the field of technology innovation, we have experienced three distinct phases, namely: secondary innovation, portfolio innovation and total innovation.Total innovation is the main characteristic of an innovation-based enterprise. Creating an innovation-oriented enterprise by constructing a total innovation system is the approach that successful foreign enterprises use to move towards excellence and also the only way that Chinese enterprises have to take to become innovation-oriented enterprises that leapfrog in development.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Communities Of Innovation: How Organizations
Book Synopsis'This is a landmark study that tackles an important black box in innovation studies — i.e. communities of innovation. While conventional work focuses on formal organizations, a select group of academic leaders highlights the various communities that cut across firms and form the vital 'underground' for processes of creativity and ideation. While targeted toward business and management, this volume is a must-read for all social scientists interested in the dynamics underlying the current knowledge economy.'Journal of Economic GeographyThis book describes the important role played by communities in innovation processes and how organizations can benefit from it. A community brings together individuals who share a common passion for a given area of knowledge and can contribute to innovation at different levels: capitalization of good practices, problem solving, sharing of expertise, or development of new and creative ideas. The literature has progressively identified many variants of communities such as communities of practice, epistemic communities, communities of interest, virtual communities, etc. These forms of communities differ regarding the type of the specialized activities of knowledge on which they focus. As practitioners and academics increasingly emphasized the needs of collaborative approaches in innovation, they progressively challenged the traditional idea that innovation is mainly generated by hierarchical corporate departments and highlighted the active role that communities play in innovation processes. The aim of this book is to shed light, using multiple examples, on the proactive and fundamental role of communities in the new innovation practices of organizations.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Managing Open Service Innovation
Book SynopsisFor the last fifteen years, open innovation has been one of the hottest topics in innovation management research. Digitalisation of the open innovation process has also emerged as a concept of high organisational value. The potential benefits of this concept and how firms organise, or should organise, in order to realize these benefits have been addressed in numerous empirical studies published in scientific journals as well as books. Responding to the need for further conceptual and empirical research on open innovation in services, this book reveals if and how service providers in different service sub-sectors have implemented the concept of open innovation. Based on rich empirical data, the book discusses the benefits and drawbacks, the processes, the characteristics and the management practices of open innovation in private as well as public service organizations.Through a series of empirical case studies focusing on the open innovation practices of different public and private service organizations, this book contributes to deepening our understanding of how the concept of open innovation has been implemented in services, and what challenges, achievements and benefits that are associated with the implementation of open innovation concepts in this sector. These insights it provides can assist managers of both private and public service providers to confidently implement open innovation in an efficient manner in their organizations.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Intelligent Automation: Welcome To The World Of
Book Synopsis'This insightful and practical guidebook is instrumental for success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.'Klaus SchwabFounder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum 'One of the most important books of our times!'Bernard MarrInternationally bestselling author and strategic business & technology advisorauthor of The Intelligent Company 'An insightful exploration of Intelligent Automation.'Dr Kai-Fu LeeAuthor of New York Times bestseller, AI Superpowers 'Especially helpful are the middle sections, which explain the various technologies on the market, and offer a roadmap for IA transformations. Here, you will learn what these technologies can accomplish — on their own, and combined. The book also recommends leading solution providers on the market, potentially saving you time in vendor selections. Case studies are interspersed throughout, of success stories in industries like banking and retail … This is a roll-up-your-sleeves primer that anyone can understand. It is broad enough to apply across most Industries and types of organisations, yet specific enough to be of practical use.'The Business Times This book is the first book on the emerging trend of intelligent automation. Also known as hyperautomation, it is a cutting-edge combination of methods and technologies involving people, organizations, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, robotic process automation, and more. Accessible for all audiences, this book demonstrates that adopting intelligent automation has now become a condition for business survival. It delves into the technologies leveraged by hyperautomation, new trends relating to the field, and how society and work can be reinvented with intelligent automation.Key Points Covered:What is Intelligent Automation (IA)? What benefits does it unleash for companies, customers and society?How have leading organizations been able to harness the full potential of IA, at scale to generate massive efficiency gains?How can IA save 10+ million lives per year, triple our global budget for education, eliminate hunger, help protect our planet, or increase the resilience of society to pandemics and crises?What you will get from this book:Learn from 100+ IA transformation successes (and failures)Benefit from the largest publicly available library of IA use cases by industry and by business functionGain access to insights garnered from 200+ IA industry expertsRelated Link(s)
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Catalyzing Innovations For A Sustainable Future:
Book Synopsis'This book competently demonstrates the full potential of effective innovation governance and outlines what Innovation Leaders need to know and do in order to make innovation work.'Howard THOMASProfessor Emeritus of Strategic Management and Management EducationSingapore Management University (SMU)What is innovation and what does it take to make it work? How can innovation management and governance help to create and capture new value towards a sustainable future?This reader contains several 'op-eds' (op-ed = short for 'opposite the editorial page') on innovation management and urban sustainability matters written between 2012 and 2021 for Singapore-based print media aimed at providing interested readers with deeper insights into key enablers of effective innovation governance at corporate levels. The bite-sized commentaries on innovation matters are loosely structured with regards to Leadership & Strategy, People & Organisational Culture, Innovation Processes, Knowledge & Learning as well as Innovation Governance. Besides three case studies of innovation award winners (Singapore Airlines; National Library Board Singapore; Qian Hu Corporation Ltd.), the book also entails reflections about the 'smart city' strategies of Singapore, Berlin (Germany) and Barcelona (Spain) aimed at enhancing sustainability and liveability.This resource book is essential reading for anyone interested in acquiring innovation management and governance know how — from graduate students and advanced undergraduates to innovation practitioners in business and society as well as start-up founders and municipal leaders.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Transformation Dynamics In Fintech: An Open
Book SynopsisTechnology-driven innovation in financial services has been attracting global attention and interest. FinTech innovation is presenting a paradigm shift in financial services affecting a wide range of products, processes and services but also sparking a broader evolutionary transformation, growth opportunities and foundational systemic and structural changes in light of technological interdependencies among market players, infrastructures and ecosystem stakeholders.Transformation Dynamics in FinTech contributes to the intellectual curiosity around the symbiotic relationship of finance and technology by focusing on the multidimensional and multidisciplinary role of open innovation within FinTech innovation, observing and communicating the latest technological, managerial, governance, policy and regulatory perspectives, trends and developments.This book is an essential reading for anyone interested in the growing and evolving development of FinTech ecosystems based on new capabilities and structures that create new dominant architectural designs, which determine competitive dynamics, products, services, processes, business models, markets, value chains, within an open and transformed financial services industry landscape.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Toward Responsible Innovation: Responsibility And
Book SynopsisFor fifty years, innovations have taken on a new dimension: the Internet, DNA sequencing, genomic manipulations, advances in transhumanism, nanotechnologies ... and much more. These recent innovations are not without addressing new issues whose consequences are as important as irreversible. The innovator, of whom Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are emblematic contemporary figures, appears as a personality as brilliant as he is destructive, who aspires to change the world regardless of the violence that may ensue. With this then, emerges the need to establish responsible innovation, in which the innovator should be accountable for his actions and review his position as a hero. To establish this new ethic, philosophy is a necessary recourse, since it questions, among other things, the self-control of the Stoics, the prudence of Aristotle, respect of Kant, the will power of Nietzsche and the power of Foucault.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Deframing Strategy: How Digital Technologies Are
Book SynopsisDeframing Strategy describes how digital technologies are changing the world. Rather than simply showing cases on digital applications, this book deeply analyses the fundamental shift in the society caused by digital transformation (DX), from an economic perspective. Based on the three elements of 'deframing' — dissolution and reintegration, specific-optimization, and individualization — it discusses how digital technologies are affecting the industrial structure, business models, and workstyles. The arguments presented in the book are backed up by a wide range of applications such as mobile payments, shared economy, food delivery, retail transformation, mass customization, co-working spaces, and social media marketing, throughout the world. The importance of 'deframing' has increased significantly during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic period, where incumbent businesses and economies have had to strengthen themselves to respond to the turbulence. Originally published in Japanese in 2019, this book contains updated case studies and data that are particularly important in responding to economic and social evolutions.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Innovation In China: A Strategic Management
Book SynopsisInnovation has shaped society since civilization began. Imperial China was the most innovative society on earth, but it failed to join the 19th century industrial revolution. In the 20th century, the Communist Party of China addressed that failure. Today China boasts an internationally compliant, rapidly developing IP system. State planning continues to be critical as the case of the largest, single, technology acquisition and infrastructure project in world history, high speed rail, demonstrates. But most of the innovation in China comes from the private sector: government incubators are among the government stimuli of private initiative, both local and global. And as the case on Cisco shows, foreign MNCs management of innovation in China is attractive but must involve co-ordination with government policy.This book presents cases where managers determine policy in China's increasingly innovative society. Readers take the roles of decision-makers to make strategy decisions. The cases in this volume showcase China's traditional three teachings, socialist market institutions, and modern management using studies on current Chinese companies and their leaders, among them big names such as Haier and Huawei. Each case stands alone as teaching material for instructors. Taken together, the book presents evolving models of innovation. Their subtle differences from western constructs critically impact the development of our global society.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Emerging Issues And Trends In Innovation And
Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of papers published in International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. The chapters in the book focus on recent developments in the field of innovation and technology management. Carefully selected on the basis of relevance, rigor and research, the chapters in the book take the readers through various emerging topics and trends in the field.Written in a simple and accessible manner, the chapters in this book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and general public interested in knowing about emerging trends in innovation and technology management.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chinese Innovation And Branding Leaps
Book SynopsisChina is the largest emerging market economy and the second largest economy in the world. This fact makes better understanding of the experiences of Chinese firms globally and firms in China crucial factors for enhanced success. In essence, this book focuses on providing conceptual as well as in-depth case and other empirical studies on the challenges faced and lessons learned regarding the 'management of innovation, knowledge management, and branding' by Chinese firms in the global arena as well as foreign firms in China.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Practitioner's Guide To Digital Platform
Book SynopsisThis book is a practitioner's guide to digital business models for entrepreneurs, business executives, MBA and undergraduate students. Balancing both frameworks and real-life case studies, it provides readers with the tools for creating successful businesses in the digital age, while at the same time serving as a cautionary tale for those who value businesses by the technology they wield and not the strategies they execute.The business landscape in the last decade was surreal — exhilaration, fear, opportunities, threats, all rolled into one messy landscape. Never before had the world seen disruptions of such unprecedented speed, scope, and scale. Many business leaders were ready to pounce on the new opportunities, but most ended up defeated. They had not anticipated that most disruptive businesses used digital strategies and a small talent pool to sidestep the traditional competencies that mega-corporations had needed decades to build with legions of employees. The core technologies that power the businesses of today's digital giants still revolve around the internet, data, and computing resources. The sudden disruptions to the business landscape is better explained by the ability of digital businesses to further capitalize on the existing technological advancements.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Identifying Business Opportunities Through
Book SynopsisIf you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a newly initiated one trying to figure out the path to traverse in the course of an uncertain entrepreneurial journey, then this book is for you. If you are a manager looking to innovate and improve your offerings, you will likely find some useful tips in this book.This book aims to guide entrepreneurs and managers on how to go about identifying business opportunities through innovation. It presents lessons and insights gleaned from original research, conducted amongst hundreds of global entrepreneurs, that explored how they went about identifying business opportunities and developing effective business strategies. Besides appropriate business examples from around the world that illustrate some important principles of ideation and execution, we also discuss how companies transform themselves in the face of challenges and difficulties.This book will equip aspiring entrepreneurs and business managers as well as students of entrepreneurship with the necessary skill sets to emerge successful in this turbulent economic climate. Effective tips on identifying potential business opportunities, systematic steps for developing business ideas, as well as strategies for sustaining a business through the adoption of emerging technologies are covered with examples in the book.In these pandemic ridden times, this book will no doubt be a useful resource for entrepreneurs and managers looking to ride out the key challenges and emerge as survivors.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Digital Transformation Demystified
Book SynopsisThe buzz and hype created over the last few years around Digital Transformation has resulted in confusion and ubiquity that has rendered the term nearly meaningless. Transformation extends far beyond the technology stack and must include the organization's culture, its operating processes, and virtually every facet of how it functions.This fact means that leaders must break through the hype and demystify this term once and for all. They must get past the breathless hyperbole and understand what it really means to lead their organization through a continuous digital transformation process.The demystification of digital transformation and understanding what it really means is critical for all leaders. And that's what this book is about.Related Links
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Adaptive Innovation: An Entrepreneur's Guide To
Book SynopsisThis book provides a framework for translating ideas from the academic laboratory to commercial ventures. The book is designed for academic researchers (advanced PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, university faculty and staff) who believe their research ideas could be the basis for a commercial venture. The book contains a complete program to create their entrepreneurial ecosystem by enabling scientist entrepreneurs to drive their discoveries to commercial impact. The authors from MIT and SMART have been working with academic researchers in Singapore for over ten years to help them de-risk an idea for an early-stage technology-based venture to prepare them to raise capital and initiate a NewCo. We developed a set of best practices during this work by teaching over 300 scientists, researchers, and postdocs in our Bootcamp for academic researchers and providing them with the tools to be scientist entrepreneurs. These teams have gone on to start over 44 companies. Through our real-time experience in working with academic researchers, supplemented with our personal experience in technology start-ups, we developed the Adaptive Innovation™ Framework. It is a must-read for any researcher, scientist, or engineer in the deep-tech area who wants to drive their discovery to commercial success and achieve societal impact.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Adaptive Innovation: An Entrepreneur's Guide To
Book SynopsisThis book provides a framework for translating ideas from the academic laboratory to commercial ventures. The book is designed for academic researchers (advanced PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, university faculty and staff) who believe their research ideas could be the basis for a commercial venture. The book contains a complete program to create their entrepreneurial ecosystem by enabling scientist entrepreneurs to drive their discoveries to commercial impact. The authors from MIT and SMART have been working with academic researchers in Singapore for over ten years to help them de-risk an idea for an early-stage technology-based venture to prepare them to raise capital and initiate a NewCo. We developed a set of best practices during this work by teaching over 300 scientists, researchers, and postdocs in our Bootcamp for academic researchers and providing them with the tools to be scientist entrepreneurs. These teams have gone on to start over 44 companies. Through our real-time experience in working with academic researchers, supplemented with our personal experience in technology start-ups, we developed the Adaptive Innovation™ Framework. It is a must-read for any researcher, scientist, or engineer in the deep-tech area who wants to drive their discovery to commercial success and achieve societal impact.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Creative Class Revisited, The: New Analytical
Book SynopsisWe are now at a point where 'analytical advances' permit researchers to theoretically and empirically formulate, model, and test many of the ideas pertaining to the working of Richard Florida's 'creative class' in interesting and new ways. The kind of advances we have in mind include, but are not limited to, recent developments in growth theory in economics, improvements in statistics and in regional science that permit researchers to analyze data in novel ways, and progress in computer science that allows researchers to take advantage of, for instance, natural language processing. The objective of this book is to demonstrate how new analytical advances permit one to have a richer and more nuanced understanding of the ways in which the creative class has functioned and the ways in which its abilities can be harnessed for the betterment of society at large.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Making Wise Decisions In A Smart World:
Book SynopsisGood and smart decisions should be distinguished from wise decision-making — especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) where algorithms are increasingly used to automate business processes or to augment the accuracy and speed of decisions. This book argues why specific forms of intelligence as well as consciousness and enhanced conscience are crucial to make wise decisions — with consciousness to be clearly distinguished from intelligence. It also addresses why machine learning and smart computers (AI) are plausibly able to make 'smart' (and thus to a certain extent 'intelligent') decisions but definitely unable to help us to become wiser. In essence, optimizing a desired output in a business context will require a balanced approach with cognitive awareness and ethical reflection — synthesizing intuitive and algorithmic thinking — encompassing short-term profit and longer-term envisioning, and aiming to optimize created and captured value for shareholders while taking the concerns of those who have a real stake in the organization seriously. If business is about creating and sharing value in a future that is both 'digital' and 'relational', then innovative technologies like AI will play an increasingly important role. Consequently, mindful executives and their responsible boards therefore need to acknowledge the limitations of AI in business — especially when the uncertain future is estimated to be rather volatile or ambiguous than stable.Student Edition
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Accelerating Digital Transformation Of Smes
Book SynopsisDigital transformation is happening across all industries worldwide, including in Singapore. This book seeks to provide insights on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can embark on their own journeys of digital transformation, while at the same time remaining agile in responding to industry and consumer needs. It will outline how firms can foster a culture of business transformation to improve efficiency and productivity; elaborate on how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation process, and how it has provided new opportunities; present a roadmap on how SMEs can navigate through the artificial and data analytics revolution; and provide recommendations on how SMEs can partner with institutes of higher learning. It concludes by elaborating on the skillsets and capabilities needed to drive digitalisation.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Trends In Innovation And Entrepreneurship
Book SynopsisThe chapters in the book focus on recent developments in the field of technological innovation and entrepreneurship. It is structured in three parts. The focus is on innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems, digital technologies and innovation, as well as responses to pandemics resulting from external shocks.Carefully selected on the basis of relevance and rigor, the chapters in the book take the readers through various trending research topics.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Leading In A Digitally Disruptive World
Book SynopsisDigital disruptions are occurring every day in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous business environment. Organizations need to respond to these disruptive changes and proactively develop their own disruptions for organizational transformation and growth. This book presents the market-driven forces of digital disruptions propelled by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which has dramatically improved the efficiency of business decision-making and organizational processes.Leading in a Digitally Disruptive World discusses the accelerators of digital disruptions; the soft skills, knowledge, and competencies for digital success; the business revenue generators for digital impact; and the typology and practices of sustainability and ethics for business growth. In addition, the book covers the digital leadership challenges associated with operating in a digitally disruptive environment and provides innovative solutions on how organizations and knowledge workers can prepare themselves to reap the benefits of the digital evolution by designing, managing, and leading organizations in a future-forward manner.
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World Scientific Publishing Company Strategic Risk Intelligence And Digital
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World Scientific Publishing Company Digital Transformation And Society
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World Scientific Publishing Company Achieving Digital Transformation Through
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Smart Plant Factory: The Next Generation Indoor
Book SynopsisThis book describes the concept, characteristics, methodology, design, management, business, recent advances and future technologies of plant factories with artificial lighting (PFAL) and indoor vertical farms. The third wave of PFAL business started in around 2010 in Japan and Taiwan, and in USA and Europe it began in about 2013 after the rapid advances in LED technology. The book discusses the basic and advanced developments in recent PFALs and future smart PFALs that emerged in 2016. There is an emerging interest around the globe in smart PFAL R&D and business, which are expected to play an important role in urban agriculture in the coming decades. It is also expected that they will contribute to solving the trilemma of food, environment and natural resources with increasing urban populations and decreasing agricultural populations and arable land area. Current obstacles to successful PFAL R&D and business are: 1) no well-accepted concepts and methodology for PFAL design and management, 2) lack of understanding of the environmental effects on plant growth and development and hydroponics among engineers; 3) lack of understanding of the technical and engineering aspects of PFAL among horticulturists; 4) lack of knowledge of the technical challenges and opportunities in future PFAL businesses among business professionals, policy makers, and investors and 5) lack of a suitable textbook on the recent advances in PFAL technologies and business for graduate students and young researchers. This book covers all the aspects of successful smart PFAL R & D and business. Table of ContentsPart１ Characteristics of current plant factories and next generation plant factory1. Current Status of Plant Factories with Artificial Lighting (PFALs) and Smart PFALs (Toyoki Kozai)2. Plant Factories with Artificial Lighting (PFALs): Benefits, Problems and Challenges (Toyoki Kozai)3. Protocols, issues and potential improvements of current cultivation systems (Na Lu and Shigeharu Shimamura) 4. Design and Control of smart PFAL (Yoshihiro Nakabo) 5. Designing a Cultivation System Module (CSM) Considering the Cost Performance – A Step Towards Smart PFALs - (Toyoki Kozai) Part 2 Recent Outcomes in Development and Business6. Business planning on Efficiency, Productivity, and Profitability (Kaz Uraisami)7. Renewable energy makes plant factory “smart” (Kaz Uraisami)8. Total indoor farming concepts for large scale production (Marc Kreuger, Lianne Meeuws, Gertjan Meeuws)9. SaibaiX: Production process management system (Shunsuke Sakaguchi)10. Air distribution and its uniformity (Ying Zhang and Murat Kacira) Part 3 Re-considerations of photosynthesis, LEDs, units and terminology11. Reconsidering the Fundamental Characteristics of Photosynthesis and LEDs (Toyoki Kozai and Masayuki Nozue)12. Reconsidering the terminology and units for light and nutrient solution (Toyoki Kozai , Satoru Tsukagoshi and Shunsuke Sakaguchi) Part 4 Advances in Research on LED lighting 13. Usefulness of broadband-spectrum white LEDs to envision future plant factory (Hatsumi Nozue and Masao Gomi)14. LED lighting technique to control plant growth and morphology (Tomohiro Jishi)15. The quality and quality shifting of the night interruption light affect the morphogenesis and flowering in floricultural plants (Byoung Ryong Jeong, Yoo Gyeong Park) Part 5 Advanced technologies to be implemented in the smart plant factory16. Mechanization of Agriculture considering Its Business model (Tamio Tanikawa)17. Quantifying the environmental and energy benefits of food growth in urban environment (Rebecca Ward, Melanie Jans-Singh and Ruchi Choudhary)18. Applications for breeding and high-wire tomato production in plant factory (Marc Kreuger, Lianne Meeuws and Gertjan Meeuws)19. Molecular breeding for plant factory – Strategies and Technology (Richalynn Leong and Daisuke Urano)20. Production of value-added plants (Shoko Hikosaka)21. Chemical inquiry into herbal medicines and food additives (Natsuko Kagawa)22. Detection and utilization of biological rhythms in plant factories (Hirokazu Fukuda, Yusuke Tanigaki, Shogo Moriyuki)23. Automated characterization of plant growth and flowering dynamics using RGB images (Wei Guo)24. Towards Nutrient Solution Composition Control in Hydroponic System (Toyoki Kozai, Satoru Tsukagoshi and Syunsuke Sakaguchi)25. Phenotyping- and AI-based environmental control and breeding for PFAL (Eri Hayashi and Toyoki Kozai)26. Plant cohort research and its application (Toyoki Kozai, Na Lu, Rikuo Hasegawa, Osamu Nunomura, Tomomi Nozaki, Yumiko Amagai and Eri Hayashi)27. Concluding remarks (Toyoki Kozai)
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs and the Greening of Economies in Asia: Case Study Summaries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam
Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview of the main research findings and case studies concerning education and skills for inclusive growth, green jobs and the greening of economies. Focusing on India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, it discusses government and business sector responses to these issues and how Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems and institutions are addressing both the renewal of curricula in the context of green growth dynamics, and patterns of training and skills development to meet demands. In addition, the book examines cross-country issues, concerns and prospects regarding education and skills for inclusive growth and green jobs for the four countries. These include critical themes and issues in the selected industry sectors triggering a demand for green jobs in the region; how industry is responding to those demands; areas impeding the transition from traditional to green practices; the importance of skills development; the role of TVET in addressing industry needs; and reasons for the slow response of TVET to green skills.While other studies conducted in Asia – and internationally - on the same topic have largely relied on secondary sources, this study conducted by the Asian Development Bank and the Education University of Hong Kong (ADB-EdUHK) is unique in that the findings, conclusions and recommendations reported on are based on primary data. As part of the study, TVET providers, business enterprises, policy makers and practitioners were surveyed using questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. In addition, workshops were held in each of the four countries to ascertain the views of key stakeholders in government, nongovernment organisations, members of the international development community, TVET providers and members of the business sector.The book also provides summaries of the case studies undertaken for India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam. Table of ContentsOverview.- Introduction.- Summary of Main Research Findings and Storylines: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam.- Case Study of a Private Sector Firm in Indonesia.- A Holistic Approach to Greening TVET: A Case Study and Analysis of Bac Thang Long Economic Technical College Practices.- Summary, Conclusions, and the Way Ahead: Cross-Country Concerns, Issues, and Prospects.
£40.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Workbook for Entrepreneurship and Innovation:
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the theory, practice and context of entrepreneurship and innovation at both the industry and firm level. It provides a foundation of ideas and understandings designed to shape the reader’s thinking and behaviour to better appreciate the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in modern economies, and to recognise their own abilities in this regard. The book is aimed at students studying advanced levels of entrepreneurship, innovation and related fields as well as practitioners (for example, managers, business owners).As entrepreneurship and innovation are largely indivisible elements and cannot be adequately understood if studied separately, the book provides the reader with an overview of these elements and how they combine to create new value in the market. This edition is updated with recent international research, including research and examples from Europe, the US, and the Asia-Pacific region.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Entrepreneurship as a social and economic process.- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneur.- Chapter 3: The entrepreneurial process.- Chapter 4: Intrapreneurship.- Chapter 5: Innovation in small firms.- Chapter 6: Adoption and diffusion of innovation.- Chapter 7: Planning, business models and strategy.- Chapter 8: Team building, company leadership and strategic alliances.- Chapter 9: Financing the venture.- Chapter 10: Intellectual property management.- Chapter 11: Risk management and innovation.- Chapter 12: Disruptive innovations and the commercialisation of technology.- Chapter 13: Social entrepreneurship and cooperative enterprise.
£52.24
Springer Verlag, Singapore Mind over Matter and Artificial Intelligence:
Book SynopsisThis book explores mind over matter in a digital age and presents the importance of continued transformation of the mind to promote humane Artificial Intelligence for greater good. In doing so, it focuses on the organizational and managerial practices that are critical in creating an environment that supports mindset and organizational growth. The digital age is significantly impacting employees and organizations and steering billions of people around the world. Artificial Intelligence has created a whole new paradigm with a revolution loftier than all the industrial revolutions and the innovations of the past millennia combined. We are either headed towards restoring humanity back to the “Imago Dei”, where creative powers are unleashed in human freedom, or advocating selective breeding and “survival of the fittest”.Trade Review“The essay presents well-known and researched topics in a unique context … . The essay touches on theories and models that are generally well known and pulls them into a new, down-to-earth, non-sci-fi context, posing new questions and inviting new lines of inquiry. … The book stays true to its title. It is a one-sitting, page-turning read that evokes a cozy, satisfying feeling … . ” (Goran Trajkovski, Computing Reviews, May 30, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Why mindset matters in an age of artificial intelligence.- Chapter 2: Personality at work at work in a Digital Age.- Chapter 3: The impact of a growth vs fixed mindset in organizations.- Chapter 4: The language of leaders with a growth mindset.- Chapter 5: Lessons from failures.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Building growth-minde.
£67.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Technology Application in the Tourism and
Book SynopsisThe tourism and hospitality industry of Bangladesh as a South Asian country has potential. Sustainable development of this industry in this country is on the move. Still, there are some hindrances which appear to be stymieing this industry’s overall development potential. Overcoming such hindrances can be partly enabled by applying digital innovation and introducing more Internet based platforms in the country’s tourism and hospitality industry. The country is believed to have emphasized innovative technology application in this industry, but technology applications in this industry in Bangladesh have so far attracted very few researchers, resulting in insufficient contributions and very limited knowledge.This book, therefore, can make a significant contribution towards the very limited knowledge in this identified research area. On the specific ground of technology application in the tourism and hospitality industry, the book covers concepts and context, the present scenario, product and service offers, and an analysis of the roles of public and private institutions. On related issues, the book also covers social media, networking and connectivity; sustainability practices and climate change effects; tourist experiences; developments; and challenges, suggestions, and future research directions. The book is expected to appeal to general readers, as well as researchers with an interest in technology applications in the tourism and hospitality industry. This book is also an essential read for the relevant policy planners and industry professionals.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONPart 1: Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Context and Concept Azizul Hassan1. Technological Innovation Application in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh Tauhid Ahmed Bappy and Md. Ashikur Rahman Avi2. The Diffusion of Innovative Technologies: Concept Analysis and Relevant Examples from the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh Azizul HassanPart 2: Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: The Present Scenario 3. Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: The Present Scenario Ashikur Rahman Avi, Marufa Nasrin and Azizul Hassan4. Technological Innovation Application in the Tourism Industry of Bangladesh Md Yusuf Hossein Khan, Johura Jabin Anika and Azizul Hassan5. The Most recent Technologies (i.e. AI., Machine learning, Chatbot, Robotics, VR/AR/MR and relevant) Kazim Nur Sohad and Sadat al Sajib Part 3: Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Product and Service Offers 6. Technology Application in Agri-tourism Sadia Afrin Ananya7. Exploring Factors Influencing Students’ Attitude towards Ecotourism: A Study on University Students of Bangladesh H. M. Kamrul Hassan8. Indigenous Gastronomy in the Chittagong Hill Tracts: A Study on the Application of Information Technology for Tourism Development Mohammad Mohiuddin and S M Sadat al Sajib9. Expanding Muslim Friendly Tourism (MFT): Application Design for Digital Marketplace in the Age of Internet of Things (IoT) Miftachul Huda10. Technology Supported Tourism in the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur of Bangladesh S. A. M. Ziaul Islam and Sadat al Sajib11. Technology Application for Visa and Immigration for Tourists in Bangladesh Md. Alauddin and Azizul Hassan12. Tourist Accommodation in Bangladesh: The Application of Innovative Technologies Dilara Jahan and Azizul Hassan 13. Technology Application in the Aviation/Airliner for Tourists in Bangladesh Sachin Soonthodu, Ishrat N. Wahab and Azizul Hassan 14. Educating Religious Tourism Promotion:A Critical Insight into Social Network Site (SNS) Application ModelMiftachul HudaPart 4: Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Role Analysis of the Public and Private Institutions 15. Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Role Analysis 16. Tackling the climate change effects and ensuring Sustainability in tourism products and service offers in Bangladesh Md. Rakibul Hafiz Khan Rakib and Azizul HassanPart 7: Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Tourist Experiences17. Tourist Experience from Technology Application in Tourism and Hospitality in Bangladesh Azizul HassanPart 8: Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Challenges and Suggestions18. Application of Innovative Technologies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh: Challenges and Suggestions Md. Ashikur Rahman Avi and Sazu Sardar Introduction19. of the Public and Private Institutions Khokaneswar Tripura and Md. Ashikur Rahman Avi
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainability and Innovation in Manufacturing
Book SynopsisThis book informs and educates readers about sustainable development management, approaches and applications in manufacturing processes and presents the trends to the next economic and social paradigm: the Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0. Educational aspects, case studies from various companies, together with the analysis and synthesis of the literature and empirical experiences, define the content of the eleven chapters. Thus, this material could be considered as a starting point and foundation for researchers and practitioners interested in the present state and the evolution of the manufacturing systems. The book offers various points of view regarding the actual digital transformation of the manufacturing system.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Green Manufacturing in the Context of Circular Economy.- Chapter 2. Industry 5.0 Challenges and Perspectives for Manufacturing Systems in the Society 5.0.- Chapter 3. The Management of Intelligent Production Systems.- Chapter 4. Manufacturing Processes Automation and Their Intelligent Monitoring.- Chapter 5. Lean Reconfigurable Industrial Robotic Systems in Agile Smart Factories.- Chapter 6. Emerging Technologies Applications for Manufacturing Warehouse Ergonomics.- Chapter 7. Operational Safety in Engineering Design: Indicators, Models and Advance Assessment Methods.- Chapter 8. Sustainability-Oriented Innovation Though Collaborative and Value Co-creation Approaches.- Chapter 9. Managing Complexity in Manufacturing Service Processes. The Case of Large Business Environment.- Chapter 10. Future skills for engineers operating in Industry 5.0.- Chapter 11. Trends for Manufacturing Industry: A Strategic Roadmap toward Industry 5.0.
£125.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Designing Social Innovation for Sustainable
Book SynopsisThis volume discusses how design broadly understood as design of business, policy, product, system, etc. can produce socially responsible innovations with livelihoods consequences. Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) is a robust framework for analysing and measuring social impact for excluded populations and groups. This is illustrated with case studies from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal by discussing how initiatives concerned with design in the broad sense have the potential to create sustainable livelihoods. This volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in Sustainable Development and Design.Table of ContentsDesigning Social Innovation for Sustainable Livelihoods.- Designing Sustainable Livelihoods for Informal Markets in Dhaka.- Designing Livelihoods Responsibly: Insights from Seed Conservation and Management Practices among Farming Communities in India.- Designerly Ways for Sustainable Livelihoods.- One Size Does Not Fit All: Heterogeneous Groups and Digital Training for Women in Tamil Nadu, India.- Indo-German Cross-cultural Collaboration: Sharing Experience and Co-creating Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Livelihoods Design.- Importance of Forest and Non-forest Environmental Resources to Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Insights from a Case Study in Nepal.- Grassroots Innovation Based Sustainable Livelihoods: Role of Intermediaries.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Sustainable Development and Innovation of Digital
Book SynopsisThis book explores the implications of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive digital enterprises and their practices for different functional domains and in different counties during COVID-19. This book will bring new dimensions of study to the concept of digital enterprises which is sure to change after COVID-19 as it has upended the way in which people work, live and communicate. Covering a broad range of topics related to digital enterprises, this book is meant for business owners, digital professionals, managers, researchers, and academics who are seeking to integrate digital enterprises in order to allow organizations and countries to stay on a sustainable development trajectory while living with COVID-19. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Digitization of business; Need for recombination during COVID-19.- Chapter 2: Phases of possible recovery of digital enterprises in new normal business for Living with COVID-19 times: Opportunities for a new era in sustainable development goals.- Chapter 3: Taking steps to help the phoenix rise from Ashes: A roadmap for digital enterprises to develop new sustainable goals.- Chapter 4: Defining the new digitalized normal. Implications of AI, IoT, blockchain in living with COVID-19 times.- Chapter 5: Digital transformation of enterprises and post pandemic sustainable developmental goals.- Chapter 6: Digital transformation for new sustainable goals with human element for digital service enterprises: An exploration of factors.- Chapter 7: Sustainable goal achievement by digital enterprises during pandemic; how much one wins and losses: A critical review.- Chapter 8: Digital health care and its impact on sustainability and future development; A critical review.- Chapter 9: Digital Supply Chain for new normal enterprises: Reducing environmental impact throughout the supply chain.- Chapter 10: Cybersecurity; A critical success factors for digital enterprises for new normal sustainable development goals.- Chapter -11: Wake up call for people and planet to move ahead with conviction. Where to start and plan?.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Ambidextrous Global Strategy in the Era of
Book SynopsisThis book deals with the importance of ambidexterity in innovation activities and global strategies. Ambidextrous global strategy (AGS) is crucial for global firms in the turbulent twenty-first century. Here, AGS is defined as simultaneous achievements of global integration and local adaptation, or responsiveness, through utilization of a firm’s core facilities and organizational capabilities. To illustrate the specific implementation mechanism, a framework of AGS with global market strategy and organizational capability is shown for the purpose of analysis. There is also a focus on effective ambidextrous business strategies for the digital transformation era. Distinctive features of the book include, first, a framework of ambidextrous innovation and AGS. Second, there are analyses of examples of many industries to implement ambidexterity strategies, including Korean shipbuilding firms, Korean and Japanese steel firms, LCD panel flat-glass manufacturers, Japan’s trucking industry, agricultural corporations, and other Japanese manufacturing firms. Finally, the book focuses on effective ambidextrous business strategies for the digital transformation era with the integration of open and closed innovation. The book presents specific business strategies for survival in the digital transformation era and then suggests an architectural analysis using artificial intelligence (AI) for the realization of AGS. The target readership is made up of academics, students, and practitioners in the areas of global management, organizational theory, and strategic management. Especially for those readers, the book clarifies the critical practices and business strategies of innovative global firms in the era of digital transformation.Table of Contents
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Commercialisation and Innovation Strategy in
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the process of commercialisation and innovation management in small firms. Although commercialisation and new product development (NPD) has been covered quite extensively, relatively little attention has been given to how small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) engage with these issues. The book explores this topic in depth, taking a close look at the reasons why decisions are made and mapping this behaviour against established theories and “best practice” models of NPD and commercialisation.The book uses case studies to analyse the relationship between entrepreneurial decision- making and commercialisation, and investigates how and why NPD and commercialisation decisions are made, which offers valuable insights from both a theoretical and applied perspective.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Innovation and Commercialisation in Small Firms.- Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations of the Book.- Chapter 3. The Decision to Innovate.- Chapter 4. Screening Opportunities.- Chapter 5. The Business Model and Innovation Strategy.- Chapter 6. Managing Uncertainty.- Chapter 7. Building Capabilities.- Chapter 8. Strategic Alliances for Commercialisation.- Chapter 9. Creating Isolating Mechanisms.- Chapter 10. Conclusions and Lessons Learnt.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Responsible Innovation in Health: Concepts and
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the field of Responsible Innovation in Health (RIH) by clarifying its theoretical foundations and the practical approaches that enable the design and production of responsible medical devices, health and social care interventions, digital tools and solutions based on artificial intelligence. It brings a lasting impact on the ways innovation stakeholders think about and develop solutions to twenty-first century challenges, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Table of ContentsPart I RIH Concepts1 Introduction 2 Getting Started 3 Generating a Responsible Health Innovation Idea 4 Fleshing Out a Venture That Can Responsibly Tackle the Problem 5 Designing a Responsible Solution Part II Tools to Make and Measure RIH 6 Making RIH 7 Bringing It All Together 8 Assessing the Degree of Responsibility of a Health Innovation Part III A Sustainable Path for RIH 9 Orchestrating RIH 10 Clearing Obstacles, Harnessing Drivers 11 Conclusion
£37.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Design Evolution and The Law: Protecting Product
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on product design which is evolving conceptually and practically with advances in technology. Product design is no longer solely about product stylization and decoration, but rather about providing a holistic product experience for the consumer. Therefore, in the foreseeable future, product designs will increasingly communicate not only to our eyes, but to our other senses as well.This book examines the frameworks for the protection of product designs in New Zealand and Australia and evaluates the appropriateness of expanding legal mechanisms for the accommodation of product design evolution. The value of more holistic design protection is balanced against other important considerations such as the “right to repair".The book not only anticipates the extent to which product design will cater to senses other than visual, but also provides a novel framework (with reference to industry examples) for discerning originality in such work for the purposes of copyright. This book also makes suggestions for how designs can be protected from foreseeable infringement (analogous to copyright infringement of music and movies on file sharing networks) resulting from future advances in technologies such as 3D printing and virtual reality. Table of Contents
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Management Innovation and Big Data
Book SynopsisAdhering to the combination of theoretical introduction and practical case introduction, this book summarizes the basic concepts and methods in management and big data analysis at home and abroad and introduces a large number of relevant practical cases, especially new cases in the Internet era, to help readers integrate theoretical knowledge into practical applications. The chapters of this book are interrelated and independent of each other, making it easy for the reader to study in pieces or to delve deeper into a particular topic of interest. Covering an array of theories about management and big data at home and abroad, this book lays a solid foundation for being an authentic manager. It is organized into sections on decision-making, organization, leadership, control, innovation, and big data to fully dissect and summarize the basic concepts of these characters in management and to show the basic methods that managers can use to solve problems. Each section contains a large number of examples to demonstrate how entrepreneurs successfully manage their large companies and overcome the difficulties in the business, utilizing the corresponding management functions or big data technology. Further, in order to adapt to the development of the Internet era, this book also absorbs a lot of practice cases of management innovation and big data which have emerged in recent years based on advanced network platform and big data analysis. This book puts great emphasis on the innovative function of management, adding more comprehensive methods and more updated cases related to the Internet.Table of Contents1. Decision-making2, Organization3. Leadership4. Control5. Innovation6. Basic Concepts7. Decision-making8. Management Practice Cases
£71.24
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Business Process Management Of Japanese And
Book SynopsisToday's business environment is characterized by hypercompetition and the development of the Internet. Fierce competition between suppliers and the availability of abundant information have caused a shift in bargaining power from producers/suppliers to buyers and consumers. Consequently, Business Process Management (BPM) — i.e. management tool to optimize and control operations flows by viewing the transactions within and outside corporations as processes, with the focus on speedily meeting customers' needs — has emerged as a popular management framework.However, recent research on BPM has put too much emphasis on information sharing and the visualization of business processes using IT innovations. This book argues that BPM must be linked with existing management tools. Based on survey results of Japanese and Korean companies' BPM practices, the book demonstrates how to build BPM as a holistic management model by addressing the importance of BPM views, the effectiveness of its approach, and the latest research trends.Table of ContentsTheory and Framework of BPM: The Framework of Japanese BPM (G Lee); Collaboration between BPM and Business Management Information (R Uematsu); Case Studies of BPM in Japanese and Korean Companies: BPM Practices in a Korean Company: A Case Study of LG Electronics Co Ltd (G Lee); BPM Practices in a Japanese Company: A Case Study of Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co Ltd (M Kosuga); Empirical Studies of BPM in Japanese and Korean Companies: Actual Condition of Business Process Management in Japanese and Korean Companies: Survey Model and Positive Analysis (K Sakate & N Yamaguchi); Comparison between Japanese and Korean Companies Based on the Viewpoint of Balanced Score Card (Y Nagasaka); and other papers.
£74.10
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Open Innovation: Unveiling The Power Of The Human
Book SynopsisWhat is the profile to excel and lead in an open innovation environment, within and across organizational boundaries? What are the organizational ingredients and ways contributing to the creation of the right corporate open innovation environment and culture, within and across organizational boundaries? What is the role of organizational culture as a catalyst for adopting open innovation practices? What kinds of educational and training curricula for open innovation need to be developed and put in place? By unveiling the peculiarities of the dynamic interplay between the individual and organizational spectrums, this volume, seeks to provide relevant answers to these questions, among others. Readers are invited to embark on a fascinating and challenging journey towards one of the darkest of sides and mysteries of open innovation: the human element.Open Innovation: Unveiling the Power of the Human Element brings together the latest thinking from members of the academic community, industry leaders and practitioners, along with, policy-makers. By adopting a variety of research methods, this volume provides relevant up-to-speed but at the same time down-to-earth invaluable insights, foresights and solutions in relation to the role and the positioning of the human element within the participatory and connection-driven DNA of the open innovation paradigm.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Growth, R&d Spillovers And The Role Of Patent
Book SynopsisThis invaluable book provides a comprehensive overview of twenty years of research on the economics of innovation and patent policies. Edited by Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, the papers in this volume witness twenty years of advanced empirical research — triggered by intensive collaboration and inspired by his own professional experience at the OECD, METI and the European Patent Office. The Editor's publications in these fields have greatly contributed to better understand how innovation can be stimulated, how it can be measured, through which channels it contributes to growth, with a particular emphasis on the role of patent systems. In the introductory chapter, the Editor provides an overview of each subfield of investigation, by explaining the genesis of the research projects and adding some personal history.The book first displays major empirical findings on the effectiveness of science and technology policies in stimulating R&D, on how these policies affect the contribution of R&D to economic growth, and how to measure international R&D spillovers and what are their most effective channels. The policies that aim at stimulating innovation include R&D subsidies, public R&D, and R&D tax credits. The chapters that follow present foundational work on patent count methodologies aiming at improving innovation metrics, as well as creative contributions on patent valuation models. The book then presents pioneering contributions on the design of patent systems, including a thorough work on the role of fees, far-reaching analyses on quality, and critical contributions on the governance of patent systems in general and the European patent system in particular.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Handbook Of The Management Of Creativity And
Book SynopsisHandbook of the Management of Creativity and Innovation: Theory and Practice is a collection of theories and practices for the effective management of creativity and innovation, contributed by a group of European experts from the fields of psychology, education, business, engineering, and law. Adopting an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, this book offers rich perspectives — both theoretical and practical — on how to manage creativity and innovation effectively in different domains and across cultures.This book appeals to students, teachers, researchers, and managers who are interested in creative and innovative behavior, and its management. Although the authors are from the fields of psychology education, business, engineering, and law, readers from all disciplines will find the coverage of this book beneficial in deepening their understanding of creativity and innovation, and helping them to identify the right approaches for managing creativity and innovation in an intercultural context.
£140.40
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Future Automation: Changes To Lives And To
Book Synopsisremove Listen to Timothy Carone, one of our authors of 'Future Automation', on CNN Ryan Noble's latest podcast 'Rigged Election/Wikileaks fallout' here - cnn.it/2ez7NRf remove The world overstates the present fear of future risk. Autonomous systems are our future. One day we will wake up to some event that will make it clear that the robots have taken over but just not in the way we always thought. Robots take many forms. A driverless car is a robot. A drone over Afghanistan is a robot. Siri is a robot as are high frequency trading systems. And the autonomous systems that Amazon uses to manage their warehouses and logistics are collections of robots acting in concert. In short, robots, or autonomous systems, are slowly taking over the execution of key processes that run our businesses and our lives. We define an autonomous system to be an integration at the data and process level of three components: sensors or the Internet of Things that collect data; big data that stores and processes data; and artificial intelligence, which takes the information, makes decisions, and acts. On occasions, we add in actuators, which are motors that are responsible for moving or controlling a mechanism or system. Other words for an autonomous system with actuators are 'robot,' 'driverless car,' and 'unmanned drone.'This book describes the coming disruptions caused by autonomous systems (AS), which are unique blends of AI, analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). An example of an AS is a driverless car. Analytics is the key element here that is still receiving scant attention as compared to the advances in AI and IoT. This book shows how disruption across many industries caused by the presence of AS will be pervasive and that analytics, which is created by the IoT and other sensors, provides the content from which AI can make decisions. These decisions are no longer the purview of humans only. AS will transcend what machines currently do. We will show how the impact of AS will start to manifest in the coming years.
£33.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Innovation And Entrepreneurship: Choice And
Book SynopsisThis book discusses practical issues of innovation and entrepreneurship. It first outlines the basic factors contributing to economic growth in the knowledge-based economy. Portraying wealth creation as taking scientific research results from lab to market, it identifies two interlinking components of the innovation process: turning scientific research to industrial technology and nurturing an eco-system conducive to technology business. Thus, it clarifies the position and role of four institutional players of the national innovation system: university (U), technology institute (T), government (G) and business (B). Making these players interact synergistically provides a fertile environment for innovation and entrepreneurship. The development of Silicon Valley, Hsinchu, Shenzhen and Singapore are illustrated as examples.For the technology entrepreneur, having a novel technology or unique product does not guarantee commercial success. It requires an effective business model, ability to execute business plan and entrepreneurial culture, all related to the soft power attributes of the entrepreneur team. The competitiveness of innovation and management of entrepreneurship are analyzed based on the concepts of Laozi and Confucius.Every entrepreneurship must learn to manage the challenges brought about by the changing business environment. The competitiveness and sustainability of a business is reflected by its ability to manage the change, both in bad and in good times. Every choice it makes will bring about new challenge. This is a definite, continuous and cyclic phenomenon occurring to all types of business. Some case examples of success or failure in managing challenges are given. They include: Alibaba Group, Ardentec IC testing, Cisco Systems, Delta Electronics, Eastman Kodak, Epistar HBLED, Fairchild Semiconductors, General Motors, GIANT carbon fiber bicycles, Tencent Holdings, TSMC, Volkswagen and others.This book is based on the author's practice and observation in technology and economic development especially in the Asia Pacific region during the post-1990s period. It is intended to be a reference of best practices for entrepreneurs, corporations and countries striving to make its mark in the knowledge-based economy.
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