Background: The innovativeness of founders and their heirs and family businesses (FBs) is a relatively unexplored field of research, and its understanding is incomplete and inconsistent. Objectives: The goal is to compare the founders' innovativeness and investigate the relationship of life-long...

Innovation is synonymous with problem solving, and the basic elements of innovation apply to any business, says Robert M. Price in this essential guide for managers of organizations large or small. Distilling a set of practical principles from his forty years of experience as a pioneer in the...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by William C. Norris -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Habitats for Innovation and Their Inhabitants -- 1. The Once and Future Company -- 2. On the Edge of the Possible -- 3. Meeting Vital Needs -- 4. Fostering the Courage to Innovate -- 5....