Research and development management Books

Book SynopsisJ. Robert Rossman and Mathew D. Duerden present a comprehensive and accessible introduction to experience design. They synthesize the fundamental theories and methods from multiple disciplines and lay out a process for designing experiences from start to finish.Trade ReviewNamed a best customer experience book of 2019. * My Customer *Designing Experiences provides a much-needed evolution in the delivery and execution of programs, services, products, and experiences. Rossman and Duerden present a contemporary approach to experience design, journey mapping, and design thinking that helps us understand the complexity of designing experiences. Moreover, the book offers a refreshing resource, targeting multiple academic disciplines that will benefit greatly from Rossman and Duerden’s framework and conceptualization of experience design. -- William W. Hendricks, Professor and Department Head, Experience Industry Management Department, California Polytechnic State UniversityDesigning Experiences will change the way you think about just about everything you do, or experience, in life. This engaging book outlines the essential elements of any experience, explains the features that influence how we experience different events, describes how to use a set of specific tools to design experiences that achieve a planner’s desired objectives, and leads the reader through the process of conceptualizing how to create great experiences. The book is full is of useful insights relevant to businesses, politicians, teachers, and parents, anyone trying to create experiences that will meaningfully engage others. -- Brigitte C. Madrian, Dean and Marriott Distinguished Professor, Brigham Young University Marriott School of BusinessThis timely book sets out to unravel how we become emotionally engaged with product and service offerings and how such offerings are deliberately designed. It articulates the importance of intentionally designing certain types of experiences and what key features can help create an appealing experience. Its call for attention to detail on every facet of an experience is one that anybody involved in their design should heed. -- Graham Berridge, author of Events Design and ExperienceThe core content and big payoff in the book is the how-to guide. It begins with an ascending framework of five types of experiences: prosaic, mindful, memorable, meaningful, and transformational. * Strategy + Business *They provide a framework of experience types “from prosaic to transformational” that will prepare almost anyone for comprehensive experience design. * Bob Morris, Blogging on Business *The text is clear, concise, and a must read for anyone interested in the subject. * Choice *Table of ContentsForewordPreface: Thanks for Joining Us!I. Understanding Experience1. Exploring Experiences and Experience Design2. What Makes a Great Experience?3. A Framework of Experience TypesII. The Experience Designer’s Toolkit4. The Experiencescape5. Experience Design Thinking6. Designing the Experience Journey7. Touchpoints and TransitionsIII. Creating Great Experiences: Enhancements and Examples8. The Stories We Tell: Building Drama in Your Experiences9. Techniques for Enhancing Experiences10. Using Experience Design in Product Development and Corporate StrategyConclusion: Closing ThoughtsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAddresses the central dilemma established firms face: how to continue to harvest past success while driving the organization, its people and its processes, toward future growth and opportunities.Trade Review"A pragmatic framework to help mature enterprises escape the pull of their pasts and embrace the new reality of work." -- John Chen, CEO, Sybase

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Book SynopsisDrawing on years of unprecedented access to the best and most influential culinary R&D teams in the world, Vaughn Tan reveals how they exemplify what he calls the uncertainty mindset. A revelatory look at the R&D kitchen, The Uncertainty Mindset upends conventional wisdom about how to organize for innovation and offers practical insights.Trade ReviewChefs are responsible for some of today's most novel innovations. Vaughn Tan goes behind the scenes to show how R&D is organized inside the world's most famous kitchens, uncovering surprising lessons that have wide application. This is a provocative contribution to studies of culture and R&D. -- Woody Powell, Stanford University This is one of the best books to appear in the last several decades about how to design organizations for continual innovation in high-pressure environments. It offers explanations for why some companies work and others don't, and made me embrace a new, more subtle way of thinking about hiring, managing, and trusting innovators in leading-edge technology companies. -- Jerry Neumann, founder of Neu Venture Capital The Uncertainty Mindset takes a close look at the secret inner workings of some of the most innovative food R&D teams worldwide. It shows organizations in other industries how to redesign themselves to become more resilient, innovative, and adaptable-by simply changing how they think about the future. -- Amy C. Edmondson, author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth Vaughn Tan spent long periods observing some of the world's most famous chefs at work in their prize-winning restaurants and tells his readers what they do and how they do it. A real contribution to our understanding of how experts combine artistic creation and business success. -- Howard S. Becker, author of Art Worlds Whether you're new to the culinary world or have dined in some of the world's top restaurants, you'd be hard pressed not to find The Uncertainty Mindset fascinating. Vaughn Tan has written an intriguing, well-researched account of how some of the world's top chefs and their teams approach culinary innovation-this book is full of valuable insights for forward-thinking, innovation-minded organizations and teams in any sector. -- Nathan Myhrvold, coauthor of Modernist Bread, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine at Home, author of The Photography of Modernist CuisineTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I. A Partial History of New Ideas in Food 1. From the Margins to the Center 2. The Undercurrents of the New Part II. What Is Innovation in Food? 3. Well-Known, Barely Understood 4. Four Types of New Ideas in Food Part III. Innovation Is Uncertainty 5. A Nondelusional Worldview 6. The Uncertainty Mindset Part IV. Building the Ever-Changing Team 7. Innovation Implies Change 8. Building Innovation Dream Teams Part V. Creating the New Familiar 9. The Power of Familiar Novelty 10. Learning House Style Part VI. Staying in the Discomfort Zone 11. The Motivation Paradox 12. Desperation by Design Part VII. Insights from the Frontiers of Food 13. All Change 14. A Mindset for an Uncertain World Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBeyond a generic innovation toolkit, this book dissects the hidden biases and behavioral traps that too often doom innovation within companies to failure. It takes the reader on a journey to learn how to banish these innovation killers for good and turn their company into an innovation champion. In The Innovation Puzzle, Professor Victor Gilsing reveals that in most cases, these outcomes cannot be blamed on a lack of funding or a failure to follow innovation gurusâ playbooks. Often, the real problem is that companies unwittingly build hidden barriers to innovation within themselves. From the systems they use to structure and monitor their business units to their hiring and promotion policies, not to mention their executivesâ leadership styles. Many of these processes and practices underpinning their core business activities end up depriving innovation of the time, space, vision, talents, and perseverance it needs to succeed. Building on this insight, The Innovation Puzzle hel

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Book SynopsisDon't fly blind. See how the power of experiments works for you.When it comes to improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong. They discover that intuition, experience, and big data alone don't work. What does? Running disciplined business experiments. And what if companies roll out new products or introduce new customer experiences without running these experiments? They fly blind.That's what Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows in this rigorously researched and eye-opening book. It guides you through best practices in business experimentation, illustrates how these practices work at leading companies, and answers some fundamental questions: What makes a good experiment? How do you test in online and brick-and-mortar businesses? In B2B and B2C? How do you build an experimentation culture? Also, best practice means running many experiments. Indeed, some hugely successful companies, such as Amazon, Booking.com, and Microsoft, run tens of thousands of controlled experiments annually, engaging millions of users. Thomke shows us how these and many other organizations prove that experimentation provides significant competitive advantage.How can managers create this capability at their own companies? Essential is developing an experimentation organization that prizes the science of testing and puts the discipline of experimentation at the center of its innovation process. While it once took companies years to develop the tools for such large-scale experiments, advances in technology have put these tools at the fingertips of almost any business professional. By combining the power of software and the rigor of controlled experiments, today's managers can make better decisions, create magical customer experiences, and generate big financial returns.Experimentation Works is your guidebook to a truly new way of thinking and innovating.Trade ReviewNamed one of the "Top Ten Technology Books of 2020" by ForbesNamed one of the "Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation" and the Top Shelf Pick by strategy+businessNamed one of the "10 Best New Business Books of 2020" by Inc. magazine"[Experiments] are a powerful tool for curious teams…" — Wall Street Journal"[Offers new] ideas on what works in the digital experimentation world and it is all illuminating." -- Financial Times"This is a thorough, encouraging guide for leaders looking for ways to encourage their teams to fail early and often in the service of ultimate success." -- Publisher's WeeklyAdvance Praise for Experimentation Works:"Experimentation Works is required reading for all leaders who want to know how companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix win through fast-cycle scientific experiments—and how it can be done in their organizations. Making business decisions without experimentation is like bungee jumping without testing the cord. Yet far too many organizations still do this. With Thomke's clear explanations and examples, yours won't be one of them." -- Scott Cook, cofounder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Intuit"Stefan Thomke has written a marvelous book that's both thought provoking and highly informative. As CEO, I saw how his research on business experimentation can transform innovation cultures for the better. Experimentation does indeed work. I highly recommend the book." -- Marijn Dekkers, Chairman, Unilever"Experimentation Works is a masterpiece and a must-read. Thomke, a top academic authority with deep practical insights, explains how low-cost business experiments can revolutionize the way firms design everything from business models to customer experiences. The book's ideas are very powerful, rigorous, and will change how you think about the science and practice of innovation management." -- Eric von Hippel, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; author, Democratizing Innovation"Stefan Thomke has written the definitive handbook for executives on how to build a high-impact experimentation capability. Experimentation Works is an amazing book with some sage advice: Experiment or perish. It's absolutely the right message at the right time in a world that has gone digital." -- Jay Larson, CEO, Optimizely"Stefan Thomke has written a rare book, one that combines deep and original insights with great practical advice. Experimentation Works is about revolutionary changes in how innovation is managed, decisions are made, and organizations are led. Thomke shows us how business experiments fuel innovation and why companies must test at large scale to compete. The book is a landmark achievement." -- Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group"In an increasingly digital world, CEOs need to drive large-scale scientific business experimentation. If they don't, their companies will die. Companies with strong experimentation systems and cultures will win every time. If you want to learn how this is done, you must read Experimentation Works. The book will change how you think about managing and decision making." -- Mark Okerstrom, President and CEO, Expedia Group"Being an effective leader today means acting with a sense of urgency: making many decisions quickly under great uncertainty. Experimentation Works describes a vital methodology--large-scale business experimentation--that takes the madness out of that equation and sets you and your organization up for success." -- Ajay Banga, President and CEO, Mastercard"Business breakthroughs are achieved through the combination of great ideas and effective implementation. Stefan Thomke's work, which I applied enthusiastically during my tenure as CEO, demonstrates that a process of disciplined experimentation is the best way to drive innovation and gain sustained competitive advantage." -- Gary Loveman, former Chairman and CEO, Caesars Entertainment Corporation"Experimentation Works presents a very compelling case for how companies can leverage the scientific method to drive innovation and reinvent business models for sustainable growth. An immensely valuable guide for leaders of both B2C and B2B companies in an era of accelerating change and disruption." -- Loh Chin-Hua, CEO, Keppel Corporation

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Book SynopsisThe Law of Market Failure: Most new products will fail in the market, even if competently executed.Using his experience at Google, his remarkable success as an entrepreneur and consultant, and insights from his lectures at Stanford University and Google, Alberto Savoia’s The Right It offers an unparalleled approach to beating the beast that is market failure.Millions of people around the world are working hard to bring to life new ideas. Some of these ideas will turn out to be stunning successes that will have a major impact on our world and our culture: The next Google, the next Polio vaccine, the next Harry Potter, the next Red Cross, the next Ford Mustang. Others will be smaller, more personal but no less meaningful, successes: A little restaurant that becomes a neighborhood favorite, a biography that does not make the best-seller list but tells an important story, a local nonprofit to care for abandoned pets. At this very same moment, another group of people is working equally hard to develop new ideas that, when launched, will fail. Some of them will fail spectacularly and publicly: like New Coke, the movie “John Carter”, or the Ford Edsel. Others will be smaller, more private, but no less painful failures: A home-based business that never takes off, a children’s book that neither publishers nor children have any interest in, a charity for a cause that too few people care enough about. If you are currently working to develop a new idea, whether on your own or as part of a team, which group are you in? Most people believe that they either are, or will be, in the first group—the group whose ideas will be successful. All they have to do is work hard and execute well. Unfortunately, we know that this cannot be the case. The law of market failure tells us that up to 90 percent of most new products, services, businesses, and initiatives will fail soon after they are launched—regardless of how promising they sound, how much we commit to them, or how well we execute them. This is a hard fact to accept. We believe that other people fail because they don’t know what they are doing. Somehow, we believe that this does not apply to us and to our idea—especially if we’ve experienced victories in the past.Filled with detailed case studies, a lesson on creating your own hard data, a strategy for market engagement, and an introduction to the concept of a pretotype (not a prototype), The Right It is a groundbreaking, entertaining, and highly practical book delivers a proven formula for turning ideas, products, services, and businesses into successful endeavors. As Alberto writes, “make sure you are building The Right It before you build It right”.  

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Book SynopsisHow can great companies do everything right—identify real customer needs, deliver excellent innovations, beat their competitors to market—and still fail?The truth is that many companies fail because they focus too intensely on their own innovations, while neglecting the ecosystems on which their success depends. In our increasingly interdependent world, winning requires more than just delivering on your own promises. It means ensuring that a host of partners—some visible, some hidden—deliver on their promises, too.Ron Adner draws on over a decade of research and field testing to reveal the hidden structure of success, from Michelin’s failed run-flat tires to Apple’s path to market dominance. The Wide Lens offers a powerful new set of frameworks and tools that will multiply your odds of innovation success.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1 Welcome to America 11 Case Study: MediaCom (Colombia) 18 2 Why the United States? 23 Case Study: Rokt (Australia) 35 3 Land of Dreams 45 Case Study: Three American Dreams 52 Jordi Muñoz (Mexico) 52 Pooja Mahajan (India) 54 Pierre Gervois (France) 55 4 Plan for Success 61 Spotlight: White Claw (Canada) 68 Case Study: Too Good to Go (Denmark) 73 5 Timing Is Everything 79 Case Study: Menck Fenster (Germany) 91 6 Where to Play 97 Case Study: Renson (Belgium) 113 7 Make It Legal 117 Case Study: Pillow Partners (Scotland) 132 8 Financing U.S. Expansion 139 Case Study: Alpina Foods (Colombia) 152 9 Understanding Americans 159 Case Study: Tesco (U.K.) 175 10 Building Teams and Navigating Visas 181 Spotlight: Eataly (Italy) 186 Case Study: Petplan (U.K.) 194 11 Establishing Market Presence 201 Spotlight: MediaMint (India) 212 Case Study: Hyundai (South Korea) 216 Appendixes A. Go-to-U.S. Market Readiness Checklist 221 B. Startup in U.S. Readiness Checklist 225 C. Legal Checklist 229 Glossary 233 About the Author 239 Index 241

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Book SynopsisYou''ll get there faster if you just slow down Master Your Mind offers a bit of perspective and a lot of insight for anyone seeking long-term success. Success in business is spelled M-O-R-E: better results, faster growth, more revenue, greater efficiency. Do more. Make more. Achieve more. And do it now. Eventually, ambition turns to stress, then to frenzy, then to emptiness as once-ambitious workers endlessly trudge the hamster wheel chasing the next promotion. While top-level performance is the holy grail of business at all levels, there is another, much better way to achieve it: slow down. Yes, you read that rightS-L-O-W. This is your permission to jump off of the hamster wheel. Slowing down is not a luxury, it is a necessity. A frenetic brain simply doesn't perform at optimal levels. By maintaining a snail''s pace, you actually achieve better resultsat rocket speedbecause you''re firing on all cylinders. You''ll think of new things, approach old probleTable of ContentsIntroduction ix Part I Slow Down Your Brain: Let an Elephant Do Your Work for You 1 Chapter 1- Slowing Down, Speeding Up, and Your “Runaway Brain” What Are We Talking About? 5 Chapter 2- Understanding and Harnessing Your Subconscious Brain 15 Chapter 3- Understanding and Harnessing Your Brain Wave Patterns 39 Chapter 4- Your Brain’s Unhelpful Default Settings 51 Chapter 5- The 2-Millimeter Principle and the Recipe for a Breakthrough 59 Part II Slow Down the Game: Counterintuitive Strategies and Tactics That Really Work 73 Chapter 6- Master Your Mind by Mastering Your Input: Programming Your Mind for Automatic Results 77 Chapter 7- Master Your Mind by Mastering the Voices in Your Head 97 Chapter 8- Master Your Mind with the Ridiculous Power of Clarity 109 Chapter 9- Master Your Mind by Mastering Your Week: The Two-Hour Solution 119 Chapter 10- Master Your Mind by Mastering the Art of No 137 Chapter 11- Master Your Mind by Mastering Your Environment: Declutter 151 Chapter 12- Master Your Mind by Mastering Your Body: Take Care of Yourself 161 Chapter 13- Master Your Mind by Mastering Silence and Presence: Shut Up and Listen 169 Chapter 14- Master Your Mind by Getting Micro: Start Small and Improve Incrementally 177 Chapter 15- Mastering Passion and Excellence 189 Conclusion: Next Steps: Wrap-up, Review, and What to Do from Here 197 Resource Guide 205 About the Authors 209 Index 211

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Book SynopsisOur planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an alternative to this linear âtake-make-wasteâ economy.Material Matters shows a way of creating a circular economy by using the unlimited resources we have: renewable energy, data and intelligence. It describes a system based on circular business models centred on selling performance rather than ownership, designing products and buildings as resource banks and equipping products with a âmaterial passportâ to ensure their usability for future generations. Businesses thereby become custodians of materials, rather than consumers of materials and sellers of products. The book evokes the vision of a radically new economic model based on a compelling narrative, supported with cases that have been developed in conjunction with major companies, for example, convincing Philips to sell light instead of lamps, saving energy and materials by creating a whole new business model, a case which has become iconic for the circular economy.Material Matters is not a somber analysis of the state of the planet but a concrete and comprehensive agenda for change, offering perspectives for taking action for business and individual consumers alike.Trade Review"This is a book that gives an accessible and practical vision of the circular economy, viewed through the eyes of two people who have played and continue to play a key role in its realisation." Dame Ellen MacArthur, Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation"This book is a bold vision and a manual for a 21st century economy. A wake-up call." Prof. Dr. Martin R. Stuchtey, University of Innsbruck; Founder, Managing Partner, SYSTEMIQ "A very inspiring and relevant book. We live in times of scepticism, doubt, negativism and populism. But only an agenda of hope takes us further. This is an important contribution to this agenda."Prof. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, Former Dutch Prime Minister"The products of today are the resources of tomorrow if we use them intelligently. This book shows us how."Prof. Dr. Walter R. Stahel, Leading expert on circular economy; Member of the Club of Rome; Founder -Director, The Product-Life Institute, GenevaTable of Contents1. The product-as-problem 2. The linear economy or the end of the line 3. Spaceship Earth – a closed system 4. Permanent temporality 5. Changing the rules of the game 6. The Material Passport 7. Madaster - a registry for materials 8. UDMR, The Universal Declaration of Material Rights 9. Material-as-a-Service – rethinking material ownership 10. Completing the Copernican Revolution

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Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking—with a new afterword on expanding your range—as seen on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, and more. “The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes “Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. Pink  Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardPlenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional

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Book Synopsis“A quintessential work of technological futurism.” – James Surowiecki, strategy + business, “Best Business Books 2017 – Innovation”From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our livesMuch of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives—from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture—can be understood as the result of a few long-term, accelerating forces. Kelly both describes these deep trends—interacting, cognifying, flowing, screening, accessing, sharing, filtering, remixing, tracking, and questioni

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Book SynopsisTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WITH OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE.IN HOOKED', NIR EYAL REVEALS HOW SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES CREATE PRODUCTS PEOPLE CAN''T PUT DOWN.Hooked changed my life. It''s essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand their actions and habits.'' Steven Bartlett, investor, BBC Dragon and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast*****Why do some products capture our attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain things out of sheer habit? Is there an underlying pattern to how technologies hook us?Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) with the Hook Model a four-step process that, when embedded into products, subtly encourages customer behaviour. Through consecutive hook cycles, these products bring people back again and again.Eyal provides readers with practical insights to create user habits that stick; actionablTrade ReviewA must-read for everyone who cares about driving customer engagement -- Eric Ries, author of The Lean StartupThe most high bandwidth, high octane, and valuable presentation I have ever seen on this subject -- Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy & MatherThe book everyone in Silicon Valley is talking about -- Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, founder of The Next WebHooked gives you the blueprint for the next generation of products. Read Hooked or the company that replaces you will -- Matt Mullenweg, Founder of WordpressYou'll read this. Then you'll hope your competition isn't reading this. It's that good. -- Stephen P. Anderson, Author of 'Seductive Interaction Design'Nir's work is an essential crib sheet for any startup looking to understand user psychology. -- Dave McClure, Founder 500 StartupsWhen it comes to driving engagement and building habits, Hooked is an excellent guide into the mind of the user. -- Andrew Chen, Technology Writer and InvestorI've learned a great deal from Nir, and you will too. He'll help you design habits to benefit your users, and your company. -- Dr Stephen Wendel, author of 'Designing for Behaviour Change'If you're serious about designing seductive products that sell, Hooked is the only psychological toolkit you'll need -- Nathalie Nahai, Web Psychologist and best-selling author of Webs Of Influence: The Psychology Of Online Persuasion (Pearson)Draws on behavioural economics and neuroscience to examine why some products, games and television shows become habits, while others sink. This is useful knowledge for entrepreneurs, marketers and designers ... crucial to generating followers, viewers, consumers and revenues. It is also of wider significance * Financial Times Business Education *Gives an overview of one of the most interesting battles in modern business: the intense competition to create new digital products that monopolise people's attention -- Schumpeter * The Economist *Principles derived from behavioral science play an increasing role in software design ... Among the most influential is Nir Eyal, an entrepreneur turned user-­experience guru who has become Silicon Valley's most visible advocate of habit-forming technology * MIT Technology Review *A must read for anyone looking to start a company or develop a product. It provides four actionable steps to attract users and to ensure that they continue to come back. -- Firas Kittaneh * Entrepreneur *

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Book SynopsisBusiness Research Methods covers all the stages in undertaking research using a clear, structured step-by-step guide. Christina Quinlan's qualitive and holistic approaches are combined with William Zikmund's quantitative and advanced methods in this fully updated third edition, to give students a broad spectrum of approaches for their research project. This comprehensive text is essential reading for all business students getting to grips with research methods for their project.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Introducing Business Research 2. Developing Research Skills 3. Understanding Research Ethics 4. Understanding Research Philosophy and The Role of Theory Part II: Beginning the Research Process 5. The Literature Review 6. Quantitative Research: An Introduction 7. Qualitive Research: An Introduction 8. Research Methodology and Design 9. Understanding Populations and Sampling 10. Writing the Research Proposal Part III: Data Gathering 11. Fieldwork and Observation 12. Interviews and Focus Groups 13. Surveys and Questionnaires 14. Attitude Measurement Part IV: Dealing with Data 15. Managing Data and Introducing Data Analysis 16. Analyzing Qualitative Data 17. Analyzing Quantitative Data 18. Completing and Presenting the Research

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Book SynopsisHow can great companies do everything right - identify real customer needs, deliver excellent innovations, beat their competitors to market - and still fail? The sad truth is that many companies fail because they focus too intensely on their own innovations, and then neglect the innovation ecosystems on which their success depends. In our increasingly interdependent world, winning requires more than just delivering on your own promises. It means ensuring that a host of partners -some visible, some hidden- deliver on their promises, too. In The Wide Lens, innovation expert Ron Adner draws on over a decade of research and field testing to take you on far ranging journeys from Kenya to California, from transport to telecommunications, to reveal the hidden structure of success in a world of interdependence. A riveting study that offers a new perspective on triumphs like Amazon''s e-book strategy and Apple''s path to market dominance; monumental failures li

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Book SynopsisOne key responsibility of product designers and UX practitioners is to conduct formal and informal research to clarify design decisions and business needs. With this quick reference guide, you'll learn a common language and set of tools to help you carry out research in an informed and productive manner.

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Book SynopsisThe book is about brand health tracking, one of the biggest (and most costly) sources of insights about brand performance and inputs into brand strategy that marketers engage in. But yet most trackers were designed pre-How Brands Grow, and so suffer from being not fit for purpose to provide insights to managers looking to grow their brands. Jenni has conducted R&D into brand health tracking for the past decade, much of this is published in a disparate range of academic marketing journals, some of it is not published because it is more technical. This book brings together that R&D with Jenni and the Ehrenberg-Bass Institutes background in How Brands Grow to help brand managers and researchers design an evidence based, useful brand health tracking research instrument and help them get the most out of the information to inform their recommendations and implications.Table of ContentsApplying the Laws of Growth to Brand Health TrackingBrand AwarenessBrand Attributes: SelectionBrand Attributes: MeasurementMental Availability and Category Entry PointsMental Availability: Measurement and MetricsBrand Attributes: AnalysisBrand AttitudeCategory Buying BehaviourBrand BuyingMeasuring Exposure to Marketing ActivityWord-of-MouthThe Rise of the Machines?What about Physical Availability?A Final Note

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Book SynopsisUntil now, there has been little practical guidance for organizations to formalize decision-making and integrate their decisions with data. With this book, authors L.Y. Pratt and N.E. Malcolm fill this gap. They present a step-by-step method for integrating technology into decisions that bridge from actions to desired outcomes.

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Book SynopsisSharing the authors' extensive experience in working at the interface between academia, industry and government, this book is designed to enable powerful universityindustry partnerships that can play a pivotal role in achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Table of Contents1. A journey from transactional to transformational alliances 2. Enabling an environment for transformational strategic alliances 3. Developing and managing alliances 4. Leading and executing sustainable relationships 5. Looking into the future: the next decade Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSupply Chain Analytics introduces the reader to data analytics and demonstrates the value of their effective use in supply chain management. By describing the key supply chain processes through worked examples, and the descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytic methods that can be applied to bring about improvements to those processes, the book presents a more comprehensive learning experience for the reader than has been offered previously.Key topics are addressed, including optimisation, big data, data mining and cloud computing. The author identifies four core supply chain processes â strategy, design, execution and people â to which the analytic techniques explained can be applied to ensure continuous improvement. Pedagogy to aid learning is incorporated throughout, including an opening section for each chapter explaining the learnings designed for the chapter; worked examples illustrating how each analytic technique works, how it is applied and what to beTable of Contents1. Introduction to Supply Chain Analytics 2. Supply Chain Analytics in Practice 3. Getting Started with Supply Chain Analytics 4. Using Supply Chain Analytics to Enhance Supply Chain Strategy Processes 5. Using Supply Chain Analytics to Enhance Supply Chain Design Processes 6. Using Supply Chain Analytics to Enhance Supply Chain Execution Processes 7. Using Supply Chain Analytics to Enhance Supply Chain People Processes 8. How to Deal Effectively with Organisational Social Issues

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Book SynopsisThe Trend Forecaster''s Handbook is a sharp, highly visual textbook and teaching aid for students and tutors keen to know more about the world of trends, trend forecasting and consumer-insight techniques.This ''how to'' book provides the skills to understand and track trends and use them to inform their research, design and product development. Highly visual, the book introduces the world of trend forecasting and consumer insight in a step-by-step way, with quotes from, interviews with and case studies of key players. Each chapter provides practical exercises and examples that allow students to experience the techniques or methodologies explored.Trends are a fundamental part of our emotional, physical and psychological landscape, and by forecasting trends we can begin to understand what drives and motivates consumers. This in turn can help to make the difference between a design that sells and one that languishes on the shelf.Reviews:"Highly visual and a genuinely eye-opening insight into the way designers can spot and dictate visual and cultural trends, keeping their work constantly at the cutting edge." - Computers Arts Project"The book is clear and concise, offers a journey through the unexpected, and engages the reader with clear guidelines. It offers insider knowledge and soundbites from those working in the industry." - Just4Textiles"The Trend Forecaster''s Handbook is a well published and intelligently written book for starting ''forecasters'' looking for theoretical background and interesting experiences." - The Pop-Up City"The Trend Forecaster''s Handbook is a highly readable and beautifully designed book that provides a practical framework for understanding and reacting to cultural trends. This review is a sneak preview of the second edition. The original edition, which was published in 2010, is considered the definitive source for learning about trends, strategy, and innovation thinking. Martin Raymond is a journalist" QRCA VIEWS

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Book SynopsisHidden in Plain Sight by global innovation consultant Jan Chipchase with Simon Steinhardt is a fascinating look at how consumers think and behave.Chipchase, named by Fortune as “one of the 50 smartest people in tech,” has traveled the world, studying people of all nations and their habits, paying attention to the ordinary things that we do every day an how they effect our buying decisions. Future-focused and provocative, Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow's Customers illuminates exactly what drives consumers to make the choices they do, and demonstrates how all types of businesses can learn to see—and capitalize upon—what is hidden in plain sight today to create businesses tomorrow.Trade Review"...a lively, thought-provoking, and often humorous read." -- Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sensible advice..." -- The Economist "Jeff Pfeffer stands as one of the great management thinkers of our time. Here in this important work, he challenges us to embrace a hippocratic oath of leadership: first do no harm. Diagnostic and prescriptive, passionate and incisive, provocative and inspired-Pfeffer yet again makes a noble contribution." -- -Jim Collins, author Good to Great, co-author Built to Last and Great by Choice "As bracing as a splash of cold water, Leadership BS is at once a scathing indictment of the 'leadership industry' and a roadmap to success. Pfeffer dismantles the jargon-filled aphorisms of conventional leadership, replacing them with fact-based prescriptions for how to succeed." -- -Laszlo Bock, SVP of People Operations, Google and author of New York Times bestseller, Work Rules! "A provocative case that most leadership advice is baloney and the entire industry is broken. Pfeffer convincingly argues that we consistently give the wrong people power-and even when we get it right, authenticity is a recipe for disaster." -- -Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take "In this must-read book, Pfeffer exposes the gap between what we're told we should do to be leaders and what successful leaders actually do to climb the career ladder. Pfeffer's take-no-prisoners approach to management research and practice always reveals insightful and shocking results." -- -Keith Ferrazzi, author of ,New York Times bestsellers Never Eat Lunch Alone and Who's Got Your Back? "I wish I had read Leadership BS years go. It's not only honest but helpful, putting words to the disconnect I've seen between what works and what we're all "supposed to be" doing. This inconsistency has so much to say about the current state of professional women's progress." -- -Gina Bianchini, CEO, Mighty Bell and co-founder, Lean In "Leadership BS goes directly to the soul of leadership practices, exposing both the rewards and penalties of contemporary notions. You'll be challenged to look at qualities such as narcissism, vulnerability, immodesty and ego and consider why these too are important traits of effective leaders." -- -Curt Coffman, co-author of First, Break all the Rules "A fascinating inquiry into why the "leadership industry" has failed to develop better leaders. Pfeffer turns conventional wisdom about leadership upside down, and challenges us to rethink why and how leaders behave. It's an indispensable book for every leader, executive coach, and others who seek to help leaders." -- -Morten T. Hansen, professor, University of California, Berkeley, co-author, Great by Choice "Pfeffer offers no nostrums, no feel-good solutions; instead, he offers unvarnished insights and dry-eyed suggestions. Anyone who is seriously interested in leadership should read this book." -- -Stephen Kosslyn, founding dean, the Minerva Schools of Arts and Sciences at the Keck Graduate Institute "Jeff Pfeffer has done it again. He forces us to confront uncomfortable questions about ourselves and our cultures. This book reminds us of the dangers of pursuing comforting messages instead of practical truths." -- -Kent Thiry, CEO, Davita Healthcare Partners "Pfeffer persuasively attacks the simplistic generalities that masquerade as leadership advice. Offering examples of when such advice can hurt leaders. Turning some of our assumptions concerning authenticity, trust, and humility on their head. Essential reading for anyone who would rather rely on scientific evidence than merely on cool stories." -- -Sim B Sitkin, Duke University, Faculty Director, Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics "Challenges conventional thinking and traditional bromides, underscoring the importance of being evidence-based if you want to make an impact in developing leadership." -- -Barry Z. Posner, PhD, Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership, Santa Clara University, co-author, The Leadership Challenge "[Power] will help you get comfortable with challenging assumptions and lingering on the pause...[Pfeffer] draws on a wealth of social-science and psychology research." -- Inc magazine "This is an entertaining and inspiring read for anyone looking to shake things up at work." -- Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisBased on interviews with dozens of startup founders, experts and scholars on entrepreneurship, Frictionless provides readers with a wide-ranging education in starting companies that thrive in the world of frictionless commerce—made possible by new technologies, a new mindset, and new demands from Millennial consumers.Trade Review“With more nonprofits looking to other sectors for best practices in engaging and mobilizing constituents, particularly through the use of available and new technologies, there is no book more timely or relevant than Frictionless. Christiane has gathered opinions from some of the best thinkers, from whom we all could learn a lesson or two on dissolving the barriers between people and their passions.” — Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts “In the world of fashion and retail, the more we reduce the friction from every aspect of our business, the easier it becomes to delight and engage our customers. Anyone looking to advance business, disrupt incumbents, or reshape industries should read Christiane’s book. She has helped me by gathering the opinions of other entrepreneurs and experts.” — Clare Vivier, founder of Clare V “Frictionless is a creative user’s manual for the postvirus world, a way forward that is smarter, faster, and more nimble. Christiane Lemieux is a wayfinder, and this book may show the direction for the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.” — Michael Cannell, author of A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Murder, Inc. “Anyone looking to advance their business, disrupt incumbents, or reshape industries should read Christiane’s book. She has gathered the opinions of an erudite cohort doing just that.” — Anjali Kumar, founding general counsel and head of Social Innovation at Warby Parker

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Book SynopsisBusiness owners get stuck on the hamster wheel of hustle only to end up burned out and looking for a better way.For fifteen years, Steve Chou has run two successful seven-figure businesses in twenty hours a week or fewer, leaving plenty of time for family, friends, and leisure.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Smart Startups will dramatically improve your odds of success. It covers the critical steps from launching a business to scaling it, and finally how and when to exit. The hard-won real-life experiences disclosed make this book essential reading for all who have ever harbored the notion of starting a business.” — Robert Rosenberg, author of Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts and CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts for thirty-five years “Like sitting down with eighteen of the smartest founders in the business and having them candidly share everything about their startup experience, Smart Startups is a life saver for every entrepreneur.” — Keith Ferrazzi, #1 New York Times bestselling author and executive team coach “Smart Startups is full of inspiring and useful advice for entrepreneurs who want to accelerate their success and avoid making mistakes. It is an essential reference that is a pleasure to read.” — Murat Aktihanoglu, cofounder and managing partner of ERA, New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund “By digging deep into the stories of HBS founders and what they learned the hard way, Catalina Daniels and James Sherman enhance our wisdom about entrepreneurship. With this unique insider’s look at eighteen startups, they help you boost your chances of success and avoid mistakes.” — William A. Sahlman, Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a range of empirical studies on how Japanese and US firms manage critical aspects of technology development and deployment. Among the industries discussed are electronics, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles. Almost all of the research has not been previously published.Trade ReviewThe particular benefit of this book is that it distinguishes a technology life cycle and analyzes each of its stages: research and development, process and product development, manufacturing management and methods, technology deployment, and organizational learning. * Booklist *Table of ContentsContributors 1: Jeffrey K. Liker, John E. Ettlie, and John Creighton Campbell: Engineering in Japan: Introduction and Overview I. Applied R&D 2: David T. Methé: Basic Research in Japanese Electronic Companies: An Attempt at Establishing New Organizational Routines 3: Thomas Roehl, Will Mitchell, and Ronald J. Slattery: The Growth of R&D Investment and Organizational Changes by Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms, 1975-1993 4: Howard E. Aldrich and Toshihiro Sasaki: Governance Structure and Technology Transfer Management in R&D Consortia in the United States and Japan 5: Richard N. Osborn and C. Christopher Baughn: Governing United States - Japan High-Technoloy Alliances II. Product-Process Development Practices 6: Daniel E. Whitney: Nippondenso Co. Ltd.: A Case Study of Strategic Product Design 7: Jeffrey K. Liker, Rajan R. Kamath, S. Nazli Wasti, and Mitsuo Nagamachi: Integrating Suppliers into Fast-Cycle Product Development 8: Allen Ward, Durward K. Sobek II, John J. Cristiano, and Jeffrey K. Liker: Toyota, Concurrent Engineering, and Set-Based Design 9: W. Mark Fruin: Competing in the Old-Fashioned Way: Localizing and Integrating Knowledge Resources in Fast-to-Market Competition III. Manufacturing Methods and Management 10: Patrick C. Hammett, Walton M. Hancock, and Jay S. Baron: Producing a World-Class Automotive Body 11: Izak Duenyas, John W. Fowler, and Lee Schruben: Japan's Development of Scheduling Methods for Manufacturing Semiconductors 12: John E. Ettlie and Peter Swan: U.S.-Japanese Manufacturing Joint Ventures and Equity Relationships IV. Technology Deployment and Organizational Learning 13: John Creighton Campbell: Culture, Innovative Borrowing, and Technology Management 14: Mary Yoko Brannen: Does Culture Matter? Negotiating a Complementary Culture to Support Technological Innovation 15: Thomas Y. Choi and S. Nazli Wasti: Institutional Pressures and Organizational Learning: The Case of American-Owned Automotive-Parts Suppliers and Japanese Shop-Floor Production Methods 16: Robert E. Cole: Reflections on Organizational Learning in U.S. and Japanese Industry 17: Jeffrey K. Liker, John E. Ettlie, and Allen C. Ward: Managing Technology Systemically: Common Themes Index

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Book SynopsisAdvances in artificial intelligence (AI) highlight the potential of this technology to affect productivity, growth, inequality, market power, innovation, and employment. This volume seeks to set the agenda for economic research on the impact of AI. It covers four broad themes: AI as a general purpose technology; the relationships between AI, growth, jobs, and inequality; regulatory responses to changes brought on by AI; and the effects of AI on the way economic research is conducted. It explores the economic influence of machine learning, the branch of computational statistics that has driven much of the recent excitement around AI, as well as the economic impact of robotics and automation and the potential economic consequences of a still-hypothetical artificial general intelligence. The volume provides frameworks for understanding the economic impact of AI and identifies a number of open research questions. Contributors: Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Philippe Aghion, Collège de France Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto Susan Athey, Stanford University James Bessen, Boston University School of Law Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management Colin F. Camerer, California Institute of Technology Judith Chevalier, Yale School of Management Iain M. Cockburn, Boston University Tyler Cowen, George Mason University Jason Furman, Harvard Kennedy School Patrick Francois, University of British Columbia Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto Joshua Gans, University of Toronto Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland Benjamin F. Jones, Northwestern University Charles I. Jones, Stanford University Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University Anton Korinek, Johns Hopkins University Mara Lederman, University of Toronto Hong Luo, Harvard Business School John McHale, National University of Ireland Paul R. Milgrom, Stanford University Matthew Mitchell, University of Toronto Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology Andrea Prat, Columbia Business School Manav Raj, New York University Pascual Restrepo, Boston University Daniel Rock, MIT Sloan School of Management Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University Robert Seamans, New York University Scott Stern, MIT Sloan School of Management Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan Joseph E. Stiglitz. Columbia University Chad Syverson, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Matt Taddy, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Steven Tadelis, University of California, Berkeley Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisMeasuring innovation is a challenging task, both for researchers and for national statisticians, and it is increasingly important in light of the ongoing digital revolution. National accounts and many other economic statistics were designed before the emergence of the digital economy and the growth in importance of intangible capital. They do not yet fully capture the wide range of innovative activity that is observed in modern economies. This volume examines how to measure innovation, track its effects on economic activity and on prices, and understand how it has changed the structure of production processes, labor markets, and organizational form and operation in business. The contributors explore new approaches to and data sources for measurement, such as collecting data for a particular innovation as opposed to a firm and using trademarks for tracking innovation. They also consider the connections between university-based R&D and business start-ups and the potential impacts of innoTrade Review"For those of us interested in the need to measure better—which means understanding better—the increasingly intangible economy, this is a really interesting book. It covers the waterfront from conceptual frameworks down to nitty gritty measurement questions." * Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist *"Despite their wide range, the essays in this book add up to a fascinating glimpse of an emerging new understanding of the twenty-first century economy, like a distant building taking shape as you approach it on a foggy day. They also underline the importance of research on statistics describing the economy. . . . A valuable contribution to the task of understanding the world innovation is creating." * Business Economics *Table of ContentsPrefatory NoteIntroduction Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Javier Miranda, and Daniel Sichel I. Expanding Current Measurement Frameworks1. Expanded GDP for Welfare Measurement in the Twenty-First Century Charles Hulten and Leonard I. Nakamura2. Measuring the Impact of Household Innovation Using Administrative Data Javier Miranda and Nikolas Zolas3. Innovation, Productivity Dispersion, and Productivity Growth Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John C. Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf II. New Approaches and Data4. How Innovative Are Innovations? A Multidimensional, Survey-Based Approach Wesley M. Cohen, You-Na Lee, and John P. Walsh5. An Anatomy of US Firms Seeking Trademark Registration Emin M. Dinlersoz, Nathan Goldschlag, Amanda Myers, and Nikolas Zolas6. Research Experience as Human Capital in New Business Outcomes Nathan Goldschlag, Ron Jarmin, Julia Lane, and Nikolas Zolas III. Changing Structure of the Economy7. Measuring the Gig Economy: Current Knowledge and Open Issues Katharine G. Abraham, John C. Haltiwanger, Kristin Sandusky, and James R. Spletzer8. Information and Communications Technology, R&D, and Organizational Innovation: Exploring Complementarities in Investment and Production Pierre Mohnen, Michael Polder, and George van Leeuwen9. Digital Innovation and the Distribution of Income Dominique Guellec IV. Improving Current Measurement Frameworks10. Factor Incomes in Global Value Chains: The Role of Intangibles Wen Chen, Bart Los, and Marcel P. Timmer11. Measuring Moore’s Law: Evidence from Price, Cost, and Quality Indexes Kenneth Flamm12. Accounting for Innovations in Consumer Digital Services: IT Still Matters David Byrne and Carol Corrado13. The Rise of Cloud Computing: Minding Your Ps, Qs, and Ks David Byrne, Carol Corrado, and Daniel Sichel14. BEA Deflators for Information and Communications Technology Goods and Services: Historical Analysis and Future Plans Erich H. Strassner and David B. Wasshausen Contributors Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisDesigning for Growth showed how organizations can use design thinking to boost innovation and drive growth. This updated and expanded companion guide is a stand-alone project workbook that provides a step-by-step framework for applying the D4G tool kit and process to a particular project.Table of ContentsUsing Your Field BookFoundationsThe StepsThe ToolsTemplatesResourcesAn Example ProjectAcknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe Power of And offers a new narrative about the nature of business, revealing the focus on responsibility and ethics that unites today’s most influential ideas and companies. R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin, and Bidhan L. Parmar detail an emerging business model built on five key concepts.Trade ReviewSelected by the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership as a Favorite Book of 2020. * Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership *For over forty years Ed Freeman has been the intellectual leader championing stakeholder philosophy for both the academic and the business communities. The Power of And shows us that the old narrative, which tells us the only purpose of business is to maximize short-term profits for investors, is steadily being replaced with a new narrative that is more inclusive and comprehensive. The new business narrative is about finding win-win-win solutions to challenges and problems, which minimizes or eliminates trade-offs and which make our collective world a better place. -- John P. Mackey, cofounder and CEO of Whole Foods Market and coauthor of Conscious CapitalismIn the twenty-first century, the old story that businesses only care for profits and shareholders and pursue these above else is incomplete. The Power of And shows the way forward, illustrating how businesses can embed powerful purpose in their business strategy, intertwining ethics and responsibility with value creation. Freeman, Martin, and Parmar weave a compelling narrative, acknowledging the complexities of organizations and people and their effect on societies. The book is a must-read for practitioners and students. -- Martina Hund-Mejean, former CFO of Mastercard, chair of the Mastercard Impact FundI've long believed that changing the world of business is the straight line between where we are today and a better world. It’s time for real system change and an update to what we consider business as usual. These expert authors put a human lens on the path forward from a shareholder-supremacy model to a stakeholder-oriented model, and offer clear examples of the changes needed and the companies leading the way. Highly recommend! -- Kip Tindell, cofounder of the Container StoreAt a time when the role and even future of corporations in our society is being questioned, The Power Of And offers a timely and compelling argument that companies can and must take a broad and inclusive view of their responsibilities to all of their stakeholders if they are to maintain their social license to operate in the future. -- Wick Moorman, retired chairman and CEO, Norfolk Southern CorporationThis book clearly explains, in a managerial accessible language, that there is a growing recognition that the business of business is responsible action, not simply profit seeking. The authors use extensive compelling examples of leading business practice, demonstrating that being responsible is the new normal, not a fringe business practice. They highlight how responsible business practice is an asset, rather than a cost. Debunking outdated thinking in a practical way, by getting managers to reconsider what they do and why, they identify how by adopting this approach managers and their businesses are part of the solution to complex social and environmental problems. -- Michael Jay Polonsky, Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair, Deakin Business SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The New Story of Business2. What’s Wrong with the Traditional Story of Business3. Purpose and Profits4. Stakeholders and Shareholders5. Society and Markets6. Humanity and Economics7. Business and Ethics8. Realizing the New StoryNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing on years of unprecedented access to the best and most influential culinary R&D teams in the world, Vaughn Tan reveals how they exemplify what he calls the uncertainty mindset. A revelatory look at the R&D kitchen, The Uncertainty Mindset upends conventional wisdom about how to organize for innovation and offers practical insights.Trade ReviewWhether you’re new to the culinary world or have dined in some of the world’s top restaurants, you’d be hard pressed not to find The Uncertainty Mindset fascinating. Vaughn Tan has written an intriguing, well-researched account of how some of the world’s top chefs and their teams approach culinary innovation—this book is full of valuable insights for forward-thinking, innovation-minded organizations and teams in any sector. -- Nathan Myhrvold, coauthor of Modernist Bread, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine at Home, author of The Photography of Modernist CuisineVaughn Tan spent long periods observing some of the world’s most famous chefs at work in their prize-winning restaurants and tells his readers what they do and how they do it. A real contribution to our understanding of how experts combine artistic creation and business success. -- Howard S. Becker, author of Art WorldsThe Uncertainty Mindset takes a close look at the secret inner workings of some of the most innovative food R&D teams worldwide. It shows organizations in other industries how to redesign themselves to become more resilient, innovative, and adaptable—by simply changing how they think about the future. -- Amy C. Edmondson, author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and GrowthThis is one of the best books to appear in the last several decades about how to design organizations for continual innovation in high-pressure environments. It offers explanations for why some companies work and others don’t, and made me embrace a new, more subtle way of thinking about hiring, managing, and trusting innovators in leading-edge technology companies. -- Jerry Neumann, founder of Neu Venture CapitalChefs are responsible for some of today’s most novel innovations. Vaughn Tan goes behind the scenes to show how R&D is organized inside the world’s most famous kitchens, uncovering surprising lessons that have wide application. This is a provocative contribution to studies of culture and R&D. -- Woody Powell, Stanford UniversityIf you’re an R&D executive or practitioner, The Uncertainty Mindset is a worthy if occasionally repetitive (in the time-honored academic style) read that should spark ideas for improvement. And if, in this pandemic year, you are missing high-end cuisine, you will surely find it an appetizing read as well. * Strategy + Business *In this closely researched book, the emphasis is on culinary innovation. * Times Literary Supplement *A fascinating account of how top chefs and their teams approach innovation. * Welcome to the Jungle *Vaughn’s book is the most insightful treatment I’ve read of industrial R&D organizational practices—and now I’m hungry for more. -- Andy MatuschakInsightful. * LSE Review of Books *The empirical evidence offered by this book not only adds to the research in food studies but will stimulate current discussions on the nature of uncertainty in the market economy among economic sociologists and political economists. * Food Culture and Society *An engrossing account of the challenges faced by some of the world’s leading food organizations that highlight the remarkable mindset of those tasked with overcoming them, celebrating the future’s inevitable uncertainty as an engine for growth. * Gastronomica *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I. A Partial History of New Ideas in Food1. From the Margins to the Center2. The Undercurrents of the NewPart II. What Is Innovation in Food?3. Well-Known, Barely Understood4. Four Types of New Ideas in FoodPart III. Innovation Is Uncertainty5. A Nondelusional Worldview6. The Uncertainty MindsetPart IV. Building the Ever-Changing Team7. Innovation Implies Change8. Building Innovation Dream TeamsPart V. Creating the New Familiar9. The Power of Familiar Novelty10. Learning House StylePart VI. Staying in the Discomfort Zone11. The Motivation Paradox12. Desperation by DesignPart VII. Insights from the Frontiers of Food13. All Change14. A Mindset for an Uncertain WorldNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of the emerging paradigm of user and open innovation, offering both theoretical and empirical perspectives.The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models of managing and organizing the innovation process that emphasizes users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered by the economist Eric von Hippel, counters the dominant paradigm, which cast the profit-seeking incentives of firms as the main driver of technical change. In a series of influential writings, von Hippel and colleagues found empirical evidence that flatly contradicted the producer-centered model of innovation. Since then, the study of user-driven innovation has continued and expanded, with further empirical exploration of a distributed model of innovation that includ

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Book SynopsisA practical handbook for accelerating innovation, both internally and externally, through engagement with innovation ecosystems.Leaders in large organizations face continuous pressure to innovate, and few possess all the internal resources needed to keep up with rapid advances in innovation, science, and technology. But looking beyond their own organizations, most face a bewildering landscape of external resources. In Accelerating Innovation, these leaders?whether from the private, public, or nonprofit sectors?will find a practical guide to this external landscape. Authors Phil Budden and Fiona Murray provide directions for navigating innovation ecosystems?those hotspots worldwide where researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors congregate.While Silicon Valley and Greater Boston are popularly known for web-based digital technology and biotechnology respectively, the logic of innovation ecosystems is not solely American?so this guide takes in new locations and varied sectors such as Singapore (smart cities), Perth (mining), Cairo and Dubai (fintech), London and Lagos (fintech and media), Copenhagen (quantum computing), Rio de Janeiro (energy), Halifax (oceans), and Tel Aviv (cybersecurity). Drawing practical advice from a synthesis of works on tech, innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management, and from a decade of their own research and teaching at the intersection of these topics, Budden and Murray distill insights and interconnections from all these different worlds into a useful and globally applicable set of frameworks and models. Their approach provides leaders at every organizational level with a clear and workable roadmap for making the most of the unique resources of innovation ecosystems, and how to bring that into their organizations.

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Book SynopsisRethinking the Purpose of Business challenges reigning shareholder and stakeholder management theories using philosophical and theological dimensions of the Catholic social tradition. In this useful book, the contributors, including management theorists, moral theologians, economists, ethicists, and attorneys, debate complicated issues such as the ethics of profit seeking, equity and efficiency in the firm, the shareholder value principle, social ethics of corporate management, the principle of subsidiarity, and modern contract theory.While the contributors to this thought-provoking volume share a respect for the power of markets, they also assign value to community, common goods, and personal virtue. Essays combine organizational and management theory with philosophical and theological accounts of human purpose. A central argument of this collection is that the tradition of Catholic social thought provides principles that enable fruitful conversations across disciplTrade Review"An earnest collection of essays on what Catholic social teaching has to say about business and corporations and our role in them." —Commonweal“This is a worthwhile book and its contents ought to cause a more intense discussion of Catholic social doctrine among Catholics and others.” —New Oxford Review“...a selection of impressive and insightful essays by erudite authors concerning business management theories that remain in harmony with social traditions of Catholicism...Rethinking the Purpose of Business is thoughtful and thought-provoking reading which is especially commended to anyone seeking to balance the requirements of faith with the demands of commerce.” —The Midwest Book Review“The main benefit of this book is that it shows how widespread the interest is among scholars and businesspeople to use the categories of Catholic social thought to understand business activity.” —Markets & Morality“At this time in America’s history, when business scandals of unimaginable proportions make regular headlines, a volume like this can serve as a starting point for changing the way business is taught in our colleges and universities.” —Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology

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Book SynopsisEmerging technologies are having a profound impact upon business, as individuals and organisations increasingly embrace digital technologies. This book offers results-driven solutions that successfully transform organisations into data-driven, people-focused businesses capable of sustainably competing at a global level.Trade Review"In a time where the majority of companies give in to hype by marrying their digital solutions instead of their business problems, or desires, the solutions are created to aid, the authors offer a refreshing stance which acknowledges that companies must treat digital transformation as a strategic exercise if they are to expect business relevant outcomes from their continuous change processes." — Christian Nielsen, Group Head of Digital Strategy at Nodes"For those looking to navigate the turbulent and complex landscape of digital transformation, this book delivers a mix of deep-dive theory and real world application, providing the perfect blueprint to grow confidence and drive change across any organisation."— Lucy Ann Kirby, Digital Strategist and Cultural Changemaker, Guernsey"Heavily practice-oriented, this book prepares business scholars and leaders to ignite, innovate and enable digital transformation in any organization. Going digital is no more a matter of choice, it is a must for organizations to survive, gain strategic advantage and stay ahead of competition. A must read." — Dr. Debashish Sengupta, award-winning author, consultant and Professor at Royal University for Women, BahrainTable of ContentsPART I: Understanding the digital in business. 1 Why do strategic digital transformation? 2 How to critically understand the digital landscape. 3 What is digital business maturity? 4 Who are my competitors and what is my relationship to them? 5 Managing the digital transformation of an organisation. 6 How to become a digitally enabled and visionary leader. PART II: Digitally transforming the organisation. The external drivers for change. 7 Horizon scanning: cautionary tales. 8 The challenge of new, ever-changing technology and how to keep up. 9 Conducting a competitor analysis in the digital age. 10 Understanding how others see your organisation. Internal motivations: wanting to change the organisation. 11 Doing a forensic internal audit of your organisation: skills, resources, culture, resistance. 12 The value of transparency, sharing, customisation, boldness and openness. 13 Overcoming the legacy of processes, systems and people. Planning to change: becoming a data-driven organisation. 14 Tactics to build your digital strategy. 15 What to plan and when to make decisions with data. 16 How to create responsive business models. PART III: Making your plans happen: acting and engaging. 17 Visible change and inspiring others: making events that challenge innovation. 18 Managing your human resources: sequential-tasking and maker time. 19 Enabling organisational change: co-creation, co-production and co-consumption. 20 Service innovation and transformation: the case of WeChat. PART IV: Assessing your success. 21 Permanently embed innovation into your organisation: always interconnected. 22 Measuring the digital transformation in an organisation: audit to discover what value was added. 23 Read me first: the importance of continuous change.

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Book SynopsisBlockchain technology is poised to revolutionize more than just payment and crypto-currency. Many vertical industries will be reshaped by the new trusted data models enabled and inspired by the blockchain healthcare is no exception. In fact, healthcare may hold the greatest opportunities for meaningful use of the technology. Early pioneers have explored some of the first use cases for medical payments, electronic health records, HIPAA/data privacy, drug counterfeiting, and credentialing of healthcare professionals. We have only begun to scratch the surface in how to automate the complexities of today's healthcare systems and design new systems which focus on trust, transparency and the alignment of incentives.Metcalf, Bass, Dhillon, and Hooper have curated a collection of examples based on the fundamentals of blockchain that build upon the early successes and examples that point to the future. After a brief introduction to bitcoin, blockchain and the protocols availabTable of ContentsIntroduction. Telemedicine. Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning. The Internet of Things. Value-Based Payments. Patient Engagement Solutions. Big Data Solutions. Medical Tourism. Precision Medicine/Genetic Therapies. Cybersecurity. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain/Development. Patient Engagement. Hospital Administration. Future Uses of Blockchain Technology.

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Book SynopsisAs a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us for better or worse. The recent emergence of the sustainability imperative in product design compels us to recalibrate the parameters of good design in an unsustainable age. Written by designers, for designers, the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design presents the first systematic overview of the burgeoning field of sustainable product design. Brimming with intelligent viewpoints, critical propositions, practical examples and rich theoretical analyses, this book provides an essential point of reference for scholars and practitioners at the intersection of product design and sustainability. The book takes readers to the depth of our engagements with the designed world to advance the social and ecological purpose of product design as a critical twenty-first-century practice. Comprising 35 chapters across 6 thematic parTrade Review‘Brimming with intelligent viewpoints, critical propositions, practical examples and rich theoretical analyses, this book provides an essential point of reference for scholars and practitioners at the intersection of product design and sustainability.’ - John Thackara, founder, Doors of Perception'To profoundly understand something, you need to study it from all possible angles. This impressive volume does exactly this. With contributions by leading scholars from a diverse range of backgrounds, it brings us the multidisciplinary perspective on sustainable product design that designers, academics, and – ultimately – the world so desperately need.' - Paul Hekkert, Professor, Department of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology'The case against mindless design has never been made more effectively. Chapman brings together an amazing assembly of contemporary design researchers to discuss one of our greatest challenges: making the world safe for future inhabitants. Whatever you are designing, you may want to keep this book close to remind you of all the exciting new possibilities for sustainable design.' - Dr. Conny Bakker, Associate Professor, Design for Sustainability / Circular Product Design, TU Delft‘Product design is at a crossroads with product designers now a fractured constituency. The difference can be viewed in three ways: retaining the historically established focus on the object, be it so often bonded to the unsustainable; redeeming the object by attempting to make it ‘sustainable’; or lastly, abandoning, eliminating or dematerialising it. This collection of essays gives the discerning reader the opportunity to make an informed decision on the most appropriate path design and designing should take.’ - Professor Tony Fry, Director, Studio at the Edge of the World‘An utmost intriguing and extensive multi-angled journey through the constructed world we live in. Design lies at the core of the errors in our system and can only be solved by rethinking it all from the start. This handbook makes clear how we can realise this necessary transformation towards intelligent products with healthy upcyclable materials. When we understand where we come from and are aware of the beneficial alternatives for today’s tomorrow, we can define our future positively.’ - Michael Braungart, CEO EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung, Co-founder Cradle to Cradle'Chapman offers an authoritative view on sustainable product design through the collective understanding of key protagonists in the field. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don’t, but the breadth of writing and analysis of key concerns frames the social and ecological agency of design and its role in our material future. It will become essential reading for anyone working in product design and its associated practices.' - Dr Matt Malpass, University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins'Drawing from his experience exploring our emotional relationship with objects, Jonathan Chapman gathers and frames a vital and plural collection of texts on sustainability from the key thinkers in the field. Chapman and his co-authors ably illustrate that the problem is a political one, confounded by our conflicting notions of progress, and reliant upon the psychological frailties of consumer behavior and the appetite for organizational change.' - Tim Parsons, Chair of Designed Objects Programs, The School of the Art Institute of ChicagoTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: The Made World 1. A Brief History of (Un)sustainable DesignDamon Taylor 2. The Half-Life of a Sustainable Emotion: Searching for meaning in product usage Gerald Cupchik 3. A Renaissance of Animism: A meditation on the relationship between things and their makers Michael Leube 4. The Object of Nightingales: Design values for a meaningful material culture Stuart Walker 5. Challenges of the Cultural Differentiation of Technology Petran Kockelkoren 6. Sustainable Product Design: An Oxymoron? Clive Dilnot Part 2: Agents of Change 7. Sustainable Thinking Aaris Sherin 8. Engaging Designers in Sustainability Vicky Lofthouse 9. Design for Sustainable Behaviour Debra Lilley & Garrath Wilson 10. Mending Broken Promises in Sustainable Design Alex Lobos 11. Sharing, Materialism and Design for Sustainability Russell Belk 12. A Journey of Two Designers Yorick Benjamin Part 3: Materials and Processes 13. Conflict Minerals and the Politics of Stuff Colin Fitzpatrick 14. Materially Yours Elvin Karana, Elisa Giaccardi & Valentina Rognoli 15. Mediating Matters Nick Gant 16. Print to Repair: 3D printing and product repair Miles Park 17. Unmaking Waste Robert Crocker Part 4: User Experience 18. Emotional Sustainability Deana McDonagh 19. Pleasant Experiences and Sustainable Design Juan Carlos Ortiz Nicolás 20. Surprising Longevity Silvia Grimaldi 21. Design for Sustainable Use using Principles of Behaviour Change Casper Boks & Johannes Zachrisson Daae 22. Hacking the Probehead: Manipulations for social sustainability Otto von Busch 23. Transitions in Sociotechnical Conditions that afford Usership: Sustainable Who? Cameron Tonkinwise Part 5: Systems and Services 24. Product Service Systems and the Future of Design Tracy Bhamra & Ricardo Hernandez 25. A Consumer’s Perspective on the Circular Economy Ruth Mugge 26. Designing Circular Possessions Weston Baxter & Peter Childs 27. Longer-Lasting Products and Services Tim Cooper 28. How about Dinner? Concepts and methods in designing for sustainable lifestyles Annelise de Jong & Ramia Maze 29. The Sustainable Energy for All Design Scenario Carlo Vezzoli and Elisa Bacchetti Part 6: Design Futures 30. From Good to the Greater Good Anna Pohlmeyer & Pieter Desmet 31. Plans and Speculated Actions: Design, behaviour and complexity in sustainable futures Dan Lockton & Veronica Ranner 32. From Products to Relations: Adding ‘jeong’ to the metadesigner’s vocabulary John Wood 33. Products Of the Open Design Context Paul Micklethwaite 34. Promoting Sustainability through Mindful Design Kristina Niedderer 35. Design for Social Innovation and new Product Contexts Nicola Morelli Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, a great deal of attention has been focussed on the undertaking of managing innovation. Without the right focus, resourcing and capabilities, firms struggle to create value through innovation. However, the task of managing innovation is one of continuous paradoxes where an overly structured mind-set can impede entrepreneurship, creativity, culture and the right conditions for disruption. The question remains of how we can have the right lens to properly understand and appreciate innovation, and how we can have a flexible set of tools, techniques and perspectives to support innovation. This concise text introduces readers to one of the fundamental ideas in the business world.Insights into the key ingredients of innovation, including business models, services, entrepreneurship and creativity are analysed alongside core contexts, such as disruptive technology. Students of business and management will appreciate additional coverage of the future of the fielTrade Review‘Innovation is key to success for many companies. Yet, successful innovation can be hard to achieve. Insights from hands on experience and academia are always a helpful guide. This book provides great guidelines for how to innovate, and how to avoid making mistakes. The contributions in this handbook provide an overview of innovation from both an academic and a managerial perspective.’Dig Howitt, CEO & President, Cochlear, Sydney Australia‘The disruptions to global supply chains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have brought the need for effective innovation squarely to the fore. From SMEs through to multinationals, those organisations who have weathered the storm have not only pivoted to new products or services but also managed the innovation cycle successfully. This book, with its comprehensive survey of the state of innovation management across the globe, provides a much-needed roadmap for leaders and policymakers to harness the benefits of innovation. An essential resource for the modern CEO.’Professor Alex Zelinsky AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Australia‘In the world of superpowers, there are those who have them and those who don't. For those with innovation superpowers, life is a breeze. This handbook provides you great ideas how to find your innovation superpowers -- both as a researcher and as a manager of innovation. It provides great guidelines for how to innovate, and how to avoid making mistakes.’Frank T. Piller, Professor of Management and Co-Director, Institute for Technology & Innovation Management Scientific Director, Institute for Management Cybernetics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany‘Innovation is the key to organizational success, and this handbook is a refreshing and comprehensive attempt to address this multi-dimensional topic. The book's unique feature is the coverage of ‘how to lead’ and ‘facilitate implementation’ of innovation. The contributions encompass a wide range of issues such as uncertainty and risk, bottom-up innovation, co-creation, open innovation, frugal innovation, etc. The book is a timely initiative in the context of post-Covid economic recovery.’Prof. Sushil, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India ‘Innovation, more precisely the ability of companies and nations to accelerate innovation will become a, possibly the, key differentiator in the ability of companies and nations to develop and benefit from research, development and technology. The world is creating, at an accelerating rate, information from which companies and nations can make decisions. Nations that can create effective innovation acquisition, acceleration and deployment systems to benefit from targeted information in an effective way will more likely thrive in an ever more complex world. There is much written on innovation - perhaps this is part of the problem - it is difficult to see the wood for the trees. This book helps the reader see a ‘line of sight’ to connect ideas, research, developments and practices more effectively to industrial, commercial and societal advantage – providing a map out of the trees into the light.’Professor Graham Wren, Special Advisor to the Principal – The University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom‘This book aims to pull back the curtain and examine on the most complex and important feature of dynamic market economies – innovation – and show how business leaders and governments can harness it to lift millions from poverty, address climate change, improve public services, and much more.’John O’Mahony, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics, Sydney Australia ‘Pretty much everyone agrees that innovation—in organizations and societies—is critical; but there is much less agreement on how to get that. As Innovation makes clear, becoming an innovation-based organization requires more than hortatory from the top; it requires clear and effective implementation of innovation management practices, coupled with an effective national innovation policy system. Innovation provides a critical handbook for managers who seek to boost their organization’s innovation.’Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington DC, USA‘This book effectively illuminates the topic of innovation, that is key to business and other forms of success, primarily at the enterprise level, but also at public level and micro level. Successful innovation requires getting many things right, as it is a complex phenomenon in the modern organisation, but for those who do get it right, it is the ultimate source of human progress. The authors do a particularly good job on addressing the ‘How’ of innovation, which is particularly valuable, through considering powerful theoretical concepts and practical settings.’Professor Danny Samson, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia‘For business and societal change makers, this new book of Innovation is a must read for gaining new insights and inspirations to take action and create positive and impactful outcomes. The diverse and exciting range of perspectives that are collected from experts around the globe make the book a must read for all scholars and students of innovation management as well.’Dr. Jim Spohrer, Retired industry executive, and Board of Directors of the International Society of Service Innovation Professionals, USA ‘I’m pleased to see the topic of innovation being brought to the fore in this diverse, thought-provoking and pragmatic book. I firmly believe that the greatest challenges facing society, business and the environment will be solved through technology and innovation. We often say that necessity is the mother of all invention. We certainly have the necessity and in many instances we already have technologies capable of transforming the way we work and live. Now we need our brightest minds, skilled and enabled, with supportive policies and investment strategies. With the prevalence of digital twins and adoption of industrial internet of things we can now use software and data in ways not even imaginable a few years ago. Benefits are in the form of accelerated outcomes across business, society and the environment - from fast-tracked vaccines through to rapid prototyping in industry, improved use of scarce resources and even enabling the energy transition. I look forward to a future where innovation becomes the lifeblood and mainstay of our everyday lives. The book’s 40 authors point out that innovation however requires a strong framework, policy and systematic approach to create the environment that fosters and promotes innovation. I highly recommend the read.’Jeff Connolly, Chairman and CEO, Siemens Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne AustraliaTable of ContentsPreface Part I: A call to action for innovation management The changing nature of innovation management: a reflective essay Mark Dodgson Setting up for innovation management Mathew Donald Part II: Key ingredients for successful innovation Management Climate for Innovation: A Critical Lever in the Leadership of Innovation Rob Sheffield, Selen Kars-Unluoglu, and Carol Jarvis Mobilising management controls in innovation projects Minna Saunila and Ilse Svensson de Jong Unveiling 'The Innovation Algorithm': the new approach to raising your capacity to innovate Vincent Ogutu and Andrew Levi Part III: What innovation leaders are doing Brilliant positive deviance: Innovation beyond disconnected and disciplined domains Ann Dadich How managers shape innovation culture: Role of Talent, Routines and Incentives Rajul G. Joshi and Pavan Soni Management tools for business model innovation – a review Hussan Munir, Lars Bengtsson and Emil Åkesson Origins of Innovation: Market-Driving Innovation vs Market-Driven Innovation Onnida Thongpravati Innovation Ecosystems as a Source of Renewal for Innovative Enterprises Anna Nikina-Ruohonen Part IV: The trend towards boundaryless innovation Houston, we have a problem: ambiguity in perceiving ‘open innovation’ by academia, business and policy-makers Ekaterina Albats and Daria Podmetina Innovation Management in Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs): New perspectives and directions Athanasios Hadjimanolis Leading Public Sector Innovation Management Tony Katsigiannis Part V: New standards for managing innovation effectively Effectuation: a decision logic for innovation in dynamic environments Catherine Killen Benefiting from Innovation – Playing the Appropriability Cards Jialei Yang and Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen Frugal Innovation: A structured literature review of antecedents, enablers, implications and directions for future research Jayshree Jaiswal, Amit Anand Tiwari, Samrat Gupta and Renu Agarwal Dynamic Capabilities and Innovation Ali Ahmadi and Felix Arndt Innovation Management as a Dynamic Capability for a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world Eric Patterson, Sancheeta Pugalia and Renu AgarwalIndex

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Book SynopsisIt takes 17 years on average to bring new medical treatments ideas into evidence-based clinical practice. The growing replicability crisis in science further delays these new miracles. Blockchain can improve science and accelerate medical research while bringing a new layer of trust to healthcare.This book is about science, its value to medicine, and how we can use blockchain to improve the quality and impact of both. The book looks at science and medicine from an insiderâs perspective and describes the processes, successes, shortcomings and opportunities in an accessible way for a broad audience. It weaves this a non-technical look at the emerging world of blockchain technology; what it is, where it is useful, and how it can improve science and medicine. It lays out a roadmap for this application to transform how we develop knowledge about health and medicine to improve our lives.In the first part, Blockchain isnât Tech, the authors look at blockchain/distributed ledgTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Introduction. Part I - Blockchain isn’t Tech. Chapter 1 - Distributed Ledgers. Chapter 2 - Blockchain Basics. Chapter 3 - From Finance to Health: Way Beyond Bitcoin. Chapter 4 - Data Complexity. Chapter 5 - Blockchain is People. Part II - Science is Easy. Chapter 6 - Good Science. Chapter 7 - Evidence Based Medicine. Chapter 8 - Science Crisis. Chapter 9 - Open Science. Part III - DAO of Science. Chapter 10 - Distributing Science. Chapter 11 - Better Quality Science. Chapter 12 - Value-Based Research. Chapter 13 - Faster Medical Miracles. Chapter 14 - DAO of Science. Chapter 15 - The Roadmap. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisIsraeli national neoliberalism has promoted innovation policies leading to an ostensible paradox: At the center is a startup nation with a vibrant and successful high-tech entrepreneurial ecosystem, accumulating resources and enabling constant growth. At the geographical and social periphery, there has emerged a parallel society with often-marginalized groups not able to keep up. In one of the most unequal countries with a high rate of poverty, entrepreneurial heroes are celebrated at the center, promoting a myth that all could be self-made successes. At the periphery, entrepreneurs are struggling to survive, often pushed into precarious working and living conditions.Applying critical theory discourse, this book illustrates how neoliberalism and entrepreneurship are intertwined and how the startup nation has evolved in Israel. It explores how national neoliberal state policies have targeted technological innovation as a tool to obtain a competitive advantage in the internatio

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Book SynopsisThis book develops an integrated perspective on the practices and politics of making knowledge work in inclusive development and innovation. While debates about development and innovation commonly appeal to the authority of academic researchers, many current approaches emphasise the plurality of actors with relevant expertise for addressing livelihood challenges. Adopting an action-oriented and reflexive approach, this volume explores the variety of ways in which knowledge works, paying particular attention to dilemmas and controversies. The six parts of the book address the complex interplay of knowledge and politics, starting with the need for knowledge integration in the first part and decolonial perspectives on the politics of knowledge integration in the second part. The following three parts focus on the practices of inclusive development and innovation through three major themes of learning for transformative change, evidence, and digitisation. The final part ofTrade Review"Development pathways are plural and political, as is the knowledge that shapes and contributes to them. Not shirking from the real difficulties and conundra of including diverse perspectives amidst complex dynamics, and deftly weaving theory and practice through a host of real-world examples, this volume helps chart the way. A thoughtful and robust contribution to the burgeoning literature on knowledge in/for development that contests some of its most treasured assumptions." - Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, UK"The view that development in the modern world is knowledge driven does not explain the disparities in development across continents, countries and communities. There is contestation around what form of knowledge is essential for inclusive development. Knowledge is not universal and neither are the processes of its generation and application neutral. This book inspires reconstruction of valid knowledge for and rethinking the concept of inclusive development." - Paul Kibwika, Associate Professor, Department of Extension and Innovation Studies, Makerere University, UgandaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Making knowledge work differently: The politics of knowledge in inclusive development and innovation, David Ludwig, Cees Leeuwis, Birgit K. Boogaard, Phil Macnaghten Part I Crossing Epistemic Boundaries Chapter 1: Making transdisciplinarity work: An epistemology of inclusive development and innovation, David Ludwig and Birgit K. Boogaard Chapter 2: Making knowledge from below, Senna Middelveld, Harro Maat, and Phil Macnaghten Chapter 3: A transdisciplinary perspective on gender mainstreaming in international development: the case of the CGIAR, Diana E. Lopez and David Ludwig Part II Decolonizing Knowledge Integration Chapter 4: A systemic approach to the decolonization of knowledge: implications for scholars of development studies, Sarah Cummings, Nyamwaya Munthali and Peter Shapland Chapter 5: How the elite capture critique is used to legitimize top-down control of development resources, Peter Shapland, Annemarie van Paassen and Conny Almekinders Chapter 6: ‘Development’ perspectives from the Global South: Learning from Ubuntu and Buen Vivir philosophies, Birgit K. Boogaard and Dorine van Norren Part III Learning for Transformative Change: Creating Space for Diversity and Dialogues Chapter 7: Learning and change in and through action-oriented research, Barbara van Mierlo, Annemarie van Paassen, Rico Lie, Elias Damtew, and Loes Witteveen Chapter 8: Towards design principles for diversity sensitive learning, Rico Lie, Birgit K. Boogaard, and Loes Witteveen Chapter 9: Learning from histories of gender and racial segregation in agricultural education and extension worldwide, Margreet van der Burg Part IV Rethinking Evidence in Development Chapter 10: Theorizing theories of change in international development: What counts as evidence, Katarzyna Cieslik and Cees Leeuwis Chapter 11: The politics of evidence-based advocacy by civil society organizations, Margit van Wessel Part V Negotiating Technological Change and Digitalization Chapter 12: A problematization of inclusion and exclusion: Trade-offs and nuances in the digitalization of African agriculture, Mariette McCampbell, Kelly Rijswijk, Hannah Wilson, and Laurens Klerkx Chapter 13: Responsibly designing digital agriculture services under uncertainty in the Global South: The case of Esoko-Ghan, Andy Bonaventure Nyamekye, Laurens Klerkx, and Art Dewulf Chapter 14: Mobilising knowledge sharing in the Agricultural Advisory System: The Case of ICT-facilitated Plant Doctor Chat Groups, Šarūnas Jomantas, Nyamwaya Munthali, Annemarie van Paassen, Conny Almekinders, Anna Wood, Christina Aloki, Birgitta Oppong-Mensah, Willis Ochilo, and Dannie Romney Part VI Governing Knowledge and Innovation Chapter 15: Making dialogue work: Responsible innovation and gene editing, Phil Macnaghten, Esha Shah and David Ludwig Chapter 16: Making knowledge work in practice: an integrative methodology for researching performance in global commodity chains and local food market, Sietze Vellema, Faustina Obeng Adomaa and Mirjam Schoonhoven Chapter 17: The conundrum of articulating societal knowledge and technology demand, Cees Leeuwis

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the impact of CEOs on firm performance and focuses on their role in science-based innovation to answer the question, is it possible to lead highly complex R&D projects and innovation that you do not understand?Today, science and technology move so fast that even managers of R&D teams can become quickly disconnected from new developments. Similarly, business leaders may be required to lead organisations with technical knowledge beyond their own expertise. How to manage teams and retain respect and influence is a recognised challenge. Filled with insight from managers and CEOs in science and technology organisations, the book unlocks the skills required to balance the leadership and managerial needs of the organisation, motivate the technical teams and drive successful innovation in new product development environments. Due to the vital role played by experts in a chosen field of technical and scientific expertise, the book also describes what these spTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsUse of the book1. Introduction – a valid question 2. CEOs and firm performance 3. CEOs and innovation 4. CEOs and science-based innovation 5. CEO absorptive capacityIndex

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Book SynopsisThe crisis caused by COVID-19 poses a major challenge for the global economy and business. It has been a test for economic resilience, and how this crisis will affect business activities will be determined by their competitiveness. Only firms that have succeeded in reorienting and quickly adapting to the emerging crisis have continued without interruption in their operations, thus demonstrating their flexibility and high level of resilience. Research shows that companies driving the gig economy celebrate the benefits: flexibility, additional income, freedom and other various opportunities for workers. They require entrepreneurial digital skills that improve their competitiveness and benefit not only themselves but the economy as well. Therefore, digital competencies are becoming a significant resource and precondition for employment, and it is essential to promote digital entrepreneurial skills, introducing them into education programs through different forms of educatioTable of ContentsPART I. Theoretical Perspectives of Globalization 1. Global business flows Prof. Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković PART II. Globalization and Entrepreneurship 2. Entrepreneurship: past, present & future Prof. Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković PART III. Digital Entrepreneurship 3. Enterprise digital transformation towards network virtualization Prof. Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković 4. Exploring the synergistic potential in virtual university and virtual enterprise Prof. Dr Dušan Marković PART IV. Changing Nature of Work in the Digital Era 5. The transformation of work in a global knowledge Economy Prof. Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković PART V. Organisational and Entrepreneurial resilience 6. Resilience and entrepreneurship Prof. Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković 7. The Resilient Entrepreneur Arsen Dragojević PART VI. Economic and social impact of Global ecosystem on Progress in Montenegro 8. Economic Prosperity in the Western Balkans and Montenegro Prof. Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković 9. Measuring Quality of Life Prof. Dr Borislav Đukanović and Arsen Dragojević 10. Measuring Professional Life Prof. Dr Borislav Đukanović

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Book SynopsisIn contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership and control of knowledge and data have become a major source of rent and power. The author explains how at the one pole, these corporations concentrate income, property and power in the United States, China, and in a handful of intellectual monopolies, particularly from digital and pharmaceutical industries, while at the other pole developing countries are left further behind.The book includes detailed empirical mappings of how intellectual monopolies develop and transform knowledge from universities and open-source collaborations into intangible assets. The result is a strategy that combines undermining the commons through privatization with harvesting from the same commons. The book ends with provoking reflections to tilt the scale against intellectual monopoly capitalism and arguing that desired cTrade Review"This book is important reading for scholars and policy makers. It captures the contours of an emerging new era where global monopoly power increasingly is based on knowledge assets and access to data. It includes detailed empirical mappings of how digital intellectual monopolies, primarily located in the US and China, develop and transform knowledge from universities and open source collaborations into intangible assets. It shows how intellectual monopoly capitalism reinforces global inequality. The book raises important issues in relation to current views on intellectual property, anti-trust policy and development strategies." — Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Emeritus Professor, Aalborg University and Lund University. "Capitalism, Power and Innovation is a must read for scholars, policy makers, and activists who would like to understand the developing forms of intellectual monopoly capitalism. The volume brings together theoretical analyses, empirical research, and case studies and presents the reader with new insights on the rise of intellectual monopolies in sectors such as technology and pharmaceuticals; the interplays of the US and China through their intellectual monopolies; and the impact of intellectual monopoly capitalism on developing economies. As such, it not only provides an elaboration of the emergence and the rise of the intellectual monopolies but also untangles the effects of intellectual monopoly capitalism at various levels. The contributions in this volume are also an excellent starting point for researchers delving into the question of how science and technology is being transformed by powerful interests in modern capitalism." Prof. Özgür Orhangazi, Kadir Has University."Knowledge and innovation can be the basis of development. Much of today's innovation occurs in transnational innovation networks. This book asserts that these networks are organized through power relations and are increasingly dominated by intellectual monopolies. Unfortunately, the developing countries participating in these networks are not approaching the borders or advancing on the path of development. Cecilia Rikap contributes new evidence and looks through different lenses at the relationship between knowledge, innovation networks and power. She analyses how intellectual income is captured, what are the channels for that and who captures it. On this basis, she proposes specific policies to allow developing countries to benefit more from the knowledge created even in these countries, and to avoid an extractivism of pure knowledge from the periphery to the centre. Thank you for this effort, which nurtures the discussion to have a better and less unequal world." — Gabriela Dutrénit, Distinguished Professor at the Autonomous Metropolitan University and coordinator of the Latin American Network on Learning, Innovation and Competence building (LALICS)."In a time when intangible assets have become a critical factor of value creation and economic growth, our understanding of capitalism and its implications needs ground-breaking thinking. Cecilia Rikap’s book on Capitalism, Power and Innovation presents frontier research on the nature and formation of intellectual monopoly capitalism and its impact of the peripheries. It is a must read for scholars and policy makers." — Prof. Xiaolan Fu, Technology and Management Centre for Development, Department of International Development, University of Oxford "Capitalism, Power and Innovation gives us the right tools to understand how a digitalisation driven by an interplay between the US GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) and the likes from China can deeply constrain countries development and the fate of workers around the world. This roadmap is thus very welcome." — Prof. Pascal Petit, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS.Table of Contents1 Introduction Section 1. Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism 2 The emergence of Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism 3 Knowledge privatization and power relations in the knowledge commons 4 The interplays of US, China and their intellectual monopolies 5 Research universities: between subordination and intellectual monopoly.Section 2. Global intellectual monopolies. Illustrative cases. 6 Technological cooperation and competition among big pharmaceuticals 7 Apple: from legal towards data-driven intellectual rentiership 8 Amazon’s data-driven intellectual monopoly 9 State Grid Corp: an intellectual monopoly relying on China's innovation system 10 Rentiership, predation, and their implications for workers. Section 3. Effects of intellectual monopoly capitalism on the peripheries 11 Why we need new development policies under intellectual monopoly capitalism 12 Singapore’s innovation hub. A source of rents for intellectual monopolies. 13 Pharmaceutical knowledge extractivism from a semi-peripheral university. 14 Tilting the scale against intellectual monopoly capitalism

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Book SynopsisBusiness Process Management has helped thousands of leaders and BPM practitioners successfully implement BPM projects, enabling them to add impactful and measurable value to their organizations. The book covers all major frameworks, including LEAN and Six Sigma, and offers a unique emphasis on BPMâs interrelationship with organizational management, culture, and leadership. Its common-sense approach teaches how BPM must be well-integrated across an entire business if it is to be successful, augmented and aligned with other management disciplines. This thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition includes: Discussion of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on business operations, business transformation, remote working, and new processes. New and revised content on sustainable processes in BPM. Expanded material on process automation and new technologies, including AI. New and revised international case studies and practical examples. A streamlined layout, as well as new questions and thought-provoking comments to promote discussion and thinking. Business Process Management is an accessible core text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Business Process Management, Operations, Production, and Strategic Management, as well as an indispensable guide to any senior business executive or chief financial officer.The work is complemented by online resources to support instructors and learning, including PowerPoint slides for each chapter. Trade Review"The author expertly projects enhanced and practicable frameworks and solutions updated with the latest analysis, risks, benefits, impact and developments in relation with process automation, relevant strategy and change in the workforce. This fifth edition is well supported by revised case studies." - Reza Mohammadi, MSc Programme Director at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus"This text is a must for all business process improvement professionals, and is regularly opened in my process-related work for both public and private sector organisations. From early career to seasoned expert, this book’s theory and practical examples can add a string to anyone’s bow." - Declan Norrie (LLB, BSc(REM)), public sector legal and consulting advisor'The author expertly projects enhanced and practicable frameworks and solutions updated with the latest analysis, risks, benefits, impact and developments in relation with process automation, relevant strategy and change in the workforce. This fifth edition is well supported by revised case studies." - Reza Mohammadi, MSc Programme Director at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus'This text is a must for all business process improvement professionals, and is regularly opened in my process-related work for both public and private sector organisations. From early career to seasoned expert, this book’s theory and practical examples can add a string to anyone’s bow.' - Declan Norrie (LLB, BSc(REM)), public sector legal and consulting advisorTable of ContentsPart I. Frequently asked questions Chapter 1. What is business process management? Chapter 2. How can we demystify business process management? Chapter 3. Who should be involved in BPM, and the critical success factors Chapter 4. When should you do BPM – What are the main drivers and triggers? Chapter 5. How should you start BPM – Bottom-up or top-down? Chapter 6. Why is it important to improve business processes before automating them? Chapter 7. What are the technology components of BPM? Chapter 8. Should you be customer-centric? Chapter 9. Why is determining BPM foundations a critical first step? Chapter 10. Why do you need a structured approach to implementing BPM? Part II. BPM – How do you do it? Chapter 11. 7FE framework overview Chapter 12. Guidelines on how to use the 7FE framework Chapter 13. Foundations phase Chapter 14. Enablement phase Chapter 15. Launch phase Chapter 16. Understand phase Chapter 17. Innovate phase Chapter 18. People phase Chapter 19. Develop phase Chapter 20. Implement phase Chapter 21. Realize phase Chapter 22. Sustainability phase Chapter 23. Essentials introduction Chapter 24. Project management Chapter 25. People change management Chapter 26. Leadership Chapter 27. Organizational sustainability and performance management Part III. Introduction Chapter 28. Case studies from the USA, Asia and Europe Chapter 29. BPM maturity

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