"How do you sell a totally new kind of product to a market that does not yet exist? Entrepreneurial businesses often create products and services based on radically new technology that has the power to change the marketplace. This means that existing market research will have produced data about...

Technology introduction -- Innovation as a business process -- Understanding innovation solutions -- Impact on firms -- Creating new products and services -- Capturing the benefits of innovation -- Capture learning from innovation -- Influence on consumers -- Open innovation and collaboration --...

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New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performanceThoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance...