Since the 1990s, Japanese firms have sought to expand their capacity for innovation by incorporating Western management … successful — Japanese firms are presently at the forefront of technological and service innovation in areas such as digital … features: the vertical value chain model, cross-industry collaboration, dynamic knowledge integration, and strategic innovation …

between development and successful adoption of an innovation. Therefore, a better understanding of why and how an innovation … graduates and researchers in marketing, product development and innovation courses. …

This book will take the reader through a systematic examination of the factors involved in process innovation. It …-on guide for middle management and professional engineers directly involved in the innovation of process technology. The book … initially puts process innovation in a corporate perspective, providing a framework for the development of a corporate process …

about the process of innovation and introduces <i>Inside Real Innovation</i>. <i>Read more about the authors' interview …/article with <a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20101201/mit-eugene-fitzgerald-understanding-innovation.html#">Inc.</a> and <a … href="http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2011/01/31/why-the-government-needs-to-invest-in-innovation …

There has been a dramatic shift towards more open, democratised, forms of innovation that are driven by networks of … individual users. Users are now visibly active within all stages of the innovation process and across many types of industrial … products and services, and firms can no longer control the innovation agenda. This developing phenomenon has large implications …

Flores, Rubén Monasterios and Evaristo Yana)</i></li><li>Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship and New Green Jobs: Successful …

responsible innovation at the very core of innovation strategies and processes. Based on extensive academic research and … innovation for leaders and managers. It will also provide a process for implementing responsible innovation into an organization … Innovation Concept</li><li>The Uncertain Nature of the Innovation Environment</li><li>A Global Integration of Responsible …

The concept of open innovation has become increasingly popular in the management and policy literature on technology … and innovation. However, despite the large volume of empirical work, many of the prescriptions being proposed are fairly … general and not specific to particular contexts and contingencies. The proponents of open innovation are universally positive …

This book argues for the need to make design the driving force for propelling innovation, as it provides important … impetus for innovation, realizing dreams and obtaining a different focus from cost, technology, or production processes …, providing the reader-practitioner hands-on, but sometimes provocative advice. The Design-Inspired Innovation Workbook is an …