"Innovative firms outperform, in both employment and sales, firms that fail to innovate [1]. We know that those organizations that are consistently successful at managing innovation outperform their peers in terms of growth, financial performance, and employment and that the broader social...

This book aims to meet the needs of education and training in modern techniques of innovation and entrepreneurship, and focuses on the detailed presentation of successful business practices. As today's global economic landscape is changing rapidly, the ability of businesses to introduce new...

R & D function / F. Frattini, V. Lazzarotti and R. Manzini -- R & D projects / F. Frattini and D. Chiaroni -- R & D people / A. Di Minin and A. Piccaluga -- R & D and financial investors / A. Grandi, B.H. Hall and R. Oriani -- R & D information / S. Morricone and R. Oriani -- Technology platform...

This book offers a unique view of how innovativeness and competitiveness improve when organizations establish alliances with partners who have strong capabilities and broad social capital, allowing them to create value and growth as well as technological knowledge and legitimacy through new...