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Insourcing Innovation

Author : David Silverstein
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420062298
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Insourcing Innovation written by David Silverstein and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation is central to business success, yet no other aspect of business is as frustrating and out of control. Instead of occurring in fits and starts and strokes of genius, innovation needs to become an all-the-time event that’s measurable, reliable, predictable, streamlined, and effective. Asserting that every innovation objective has a finite set of possible solutions given its unique constraints, TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, is a structured system for making innovation more manageable and profitable. Divided into five parts, Insourcing Innovation: How to Achieve Competitive Excellence Using TRIZ demonstrates how the applicationof a consistent, systematic approach will render innovative problem solving a dependable reality rather than an enigmatic phenomenon. Part I provides a framework for thinking about business excellence and the case for why TRIZ is a world-class approach for achieving perpetual innovation with existing resources. Part II covers the tactical aspects of TRIZ, with a central focus on the TRIZ methodology (DMASI) and its primary constructs, techniques, and components. Part III provides implementation case examples, including an in-depth breakdown of how TRIZ was used to create a self-heating beverage container. This part also summarizes how TRIZ was applied to innovate parts of the International Space Station, the Cassini Saturn orbiter, and even hospital triage. Part IV transitions from the tactical aspects of TRIZ to its strategic aspects, which show you that no single innovation stands alone. All tap into one or more of eight evolutionary forces to become what they are. This part describes these forces with related examples. Part V discusses how structured innovation is part of the larger system of “total performance excellence.” Highlighting their interdependence, it shows how key aspects of business excellence enable structured innovation, and at the same time are enabled by structured innovation.

Insourcing Innovation

Author : David Silverstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976901006
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Insourcing Innovation written by David Silverstein and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRIZ is a methodology like Six Sigma. It has grown and developed in response to a very difficult and critical business requirements: the need for constant reinvention and continual innovation... I see in TRIZ a method much like Six Sigma was before it became institutionalized: an extremely powerful approach to meeting a critical business need that's cloaked in a little mystery and a modicum of fear. I see in TRIZ a methodology like DMAIC that is greatly worthy of debate... I want every business leader to read this book, because it contains a message they need to hear: What at first seems technical, scientific and esoteric has the power to transform a corporation. Also, I want every scientist and engineer to read this book, because it will challenge them to make the act of innovation more commonplace and effortless." - Foreword.

Innovation Sucks!

Author : Alan Watkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000326098
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Innovation Sucks! written by Alan Watkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-14 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Businesses spend billions on innovation with very little to show for their investment or effort. This book challenges some of the ‘ingrained truths’ of innovation and suggests a different approach. Innovation is not the creation of a novel idea. It is the successful commercialisation of that novel idea. Rather than starting with a costly, time-consuming problem assessment that seeks to push potential solutions through an innovation funnel, an ‘impeller approach’ starts with possible solutions and gets the market to pull the best ones forward so they can fail fast or flourish fast. This approach is made possible by the addition of a ‘bee’ – a new type of integrative thinker who can harvest the existing knowledge from the ‘meadow of experts’. Completely reversing the innovation process means organisations are much better placed to win in the market rather than focusing on finding theoretical solutions or clearing innovation stage gates. In addition, this approach also recognises that the people who shepherd the solution through the ideation and testing stage are not the same people who must then take that solution to market for successful commercialisation. Given the current innovation failure rate, coupled with the fact that society is beset with multiple wicked problems, it’s time to think differently and innovate innovation itself. This book is essential reading for Heads of Innovation and Commercialisation, Directors of Marketing, Heads of New Product Development and New Service Development, Strategy Directors, Chief Technology Officers, Government advisers and policy makers.

New Taxonomy for Corporate Open Innovation Initiatives

Author : Tim Blume
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3658273496
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Book Synopsis New Taxonomy for Corporate Open Innovation Initiatives by : Tim Blume

Download or read book New Taxonomy for Corporate Open Innovation Initiatives written by Tim Blume and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic literature used to lack a taxonomy regarding the types of repeatable structures and approaches that incumbent companies can use in order to deal with frequently business model threatening open innovation developments – threats that are often facilitated by start-up companies. The course of investigation provides a clustering taxonomy for these structures, so-called: corporate open innovation initiatives. Subsequently, the validity is tested by an in-depth analysis of Germany's 500 biggest companies along with 50 biggest banks and 30 biggest insurances. Furthermore, multiple case studies with industry experts show applicable management's best practices. Finally, a management framework is developed, which aims to be a summarizing tool for practitioners and researchers in order to define a suitable corporate strategy for creating an own corporate open innovation initiative.

Knowledge Driven Service Innovation and Management: IT Strategies for Business Alignment and Value Creation

Author : Chew, Eng K.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466625139
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Book Synopsis Knowledge Driven Service Innovation and Management: IT Strategies for Business Alignment and Value Creation by : Chew, Eng K.

Download or read book Knowledge Driven Service Innovation and Management: IT Strategies for Business Alignment and Value Creation written by Chew, Eng K. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides a comprehensive collection of research and analysis on the principles of service, knowledge and organizational capabilities, clarifying IT strategy procedures and management practices and how they are used to shape a firm's knowledge resources"--Provided by publisher.

The Innovation Biome

Author : Kumar Mehta PhD
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1632991578
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book The Innovation Biome written by Kumar Mehta PhD and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When companies innovate, all our lives get better. The Innovation Biome is among the most authoritative books about how companies can consistently create high-value products and offerings that enhance societal value and, in doing so, generate vast profits and shareholder value. Written in an engaging, easy-to-read style, this book helps managers: • understand the foundational elements that drive innovation • implement a framework so innovation becomes institutionalized for their organization and is not solely the domain of specific individuals Let The Innovation Biome revolutionize your company and gain the rewards that go along with releasing one innovation after another.

Strategic Management in the Innovation Economy

Author : Thomas H. Davenport
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3895786039
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (957 download)

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Book Synopsis Strategic Management in the Innovation Economy by : Thomas H. Davenport

Download or read book Strategic Management in the Innovation Economy written by Thomas H. Davenport and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-06-27 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative ruptures of traditional boundaries in value chains are requiring companies to rethink how they go to market, what they need to own, what they need to retain and innovate as core competencies, and how they innovatively deal with suppliers and customers. The key message of the book is that the new knowledge-networked innovation economy requires a totally different strategic management mindset, approach and toolbox, and its major value-added is a new strategic management approach and toolbox for the innovation economy - a poised strategy approach. Designed for both managers and advanced business students, the book provides a unique combination of new management theory, selected managerial articles by prominent scholars such as Clayton Christensen, Henry Chesbrough, Sumantra Ghoshal, Quinn Mills, and Peter Senge, and a wide array of real-world case examples including GE, Shell, IBM, HP, BRL Hardy, P&G, Southwest Airlines and McGraw-Hill, within the dynamics of industries such as airlines, energy, telecommunications, wine & beverages, and computing. The authors illustrate powerful new strategic innovation concepts and tools, such as poised strategy for managing multiple business models, poised strategy scorecards (moving beyond the well-known balanced scorecard), the wheel of business model reinvention, and organizational rejuvenation methods. The book includes the concepts of: Poised Strategic Management, Organizational Rejuvenation, Business Models as Platform for Strategy, Poised Scorecards, Identifying Sources of Innovation in Business Ecosystems.

Process Innovation in the Global Fashion Industry

Author : Byoungho Ellie Jin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137523522
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Process Innovation in the Global Fashion Industry written by Byoungho Ellie Jin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Process innovations - an improved way of doing things – help firms achieve higher-level performance by reducing the time and cost to produce a product or perform a service, and increasing productivity and growth. This book provides a comprehensive examination of process innovations occurring in the global fashion industry, with a focus on fashion brands from USA, Italy, and Japan. It offers practical insights for enhancing efficiency in the supply chain as well as management process such as work routines, information flow, and organization structures. Using case analyses, this book will help readers to grasp how successful fashion companies optimize their operations and advance their competitive position by integrating process innovations into their supply chain and management systems.

Practical Innovation in Government

Author : Alan G Robinson
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523001798
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Practical Innovation in Government written by Alan G Robinson and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive guide to an exciting new approach that managers at any level can use to transform their corners of government. Whether people want more government or less, everyone wants an efficient government. Traditional thinking is that this requires a government to be run more like a business. But a government is not a business, and this approach merely replaces old problems with new ones. In their six-year, five-country study of seventy-seven government organizations-ranging from small departments to entire states-Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder found that the predominant private-sector approaches to improvement don't work well in the public sector, while practices that are rare in the private sector prove highly effective. The highest performers they studied had attained levels of efficiency that rivaled the best private-sector companies. Rather than management making the improvements, as is the norm in the private sector, these high-performers focused on front-line-driven improvement, where most of the change activity was led by supervisors and low-level managers who unleashed the creativity and ideas of their employees to improve their operations bit by bit every day. You'll discover how Denver's Department of Excise and Licenses reduced wait times from an hour and forty minutes to just seven minutes; how the Washington State Patrol garage tripled its productivity and became a national benchmark; how a K8 school in New Brunswick, Canada, boosted the percentage of students reading at the appropriate age level from 22 percent to 78 percent; and much more.

Computer Systems and Software Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522539247
Total Pages : 2087 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Computer Systems and Software Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 2087 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professionals in the interdisciplinary field of computer science focus on the design, operation, and maintenance of computational systems and software. Methodologies and tools of engineering are utilized alongside computer applications to develop efficient and precise information databases. Computer Systems and Software Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on trends, techniques, and uses of various technology applications and examines the benefits and challenges of these computational developments. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as utility computing, computer security, and information systems applications, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, students, web designers, software developers, and practitioners interested in computer systems and software engineering.

Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Tan, Felix B.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1599049406
Total Pages : 4194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Tan, Felix B. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 4194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection compiles research in all areas of the global information domain. It examines culture in information systems, IT in developing countries, global e-business, and the worldwide information society, providing critical knowledge to fuel the future work of researchers, academicians and practitioners in fields such as information science, political science, international relations, sociology, and many more"--Provided by publisher.

Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522556443
Total Pages : 2351 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by : Management Association, Information Resources

Download or read book Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 2351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ongoing advancements in modern technology have led to significant developments in intelligent systems. With the numerous applications available, it becomes imperative to conduct research and make further progress in this field. Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the latest breakthroughs and recent progress in intelligent systems. Including innovative studies on information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and software engineering, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for researchers, professionals, academics, upper-level students, and practitioners interested in emerging perspectives in the field of intelligent systems.

Innovative and Agile Contracting for Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0

Author : Shalan, Mohammad Ali
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799845028
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Innovative and Agile Contracting for Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 written by Shalan, Mohammad Ali and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital transformation is reshaping the business arena as new, successful digital business models are increasing agility and presenting better ways to handle business than the traditional alternatives. Industry 4.0 affects everything in our daily lives and is blurring the line between the physical, the biological, and the digital. This created an environment where technology and humans are so closely integrated that it is impacting every activity within the organizations. Specifically, contracting processes and procedures are challenged to align with the new business dynamics as traditional contracts are no longer fitting today's agile and continuously changing environments. Businesses are required to facilitate faster, more secure, soft, and real-time transactions while protecting stakeholders’ rights and obligations. This includes agile contracts which are dynamically handling scope changes, smart contracts that can automate rule-based functions, friction-less contracts that can facilitate different activities, and opportunity contracts that looks toward the future. Innovative and Agile Contracting for Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0 analyzes the consequences, benefits, and possible scenarios of contract transformation under the pressure of new technologies and business dynamics in modern times. The chapters cover the problems, issues, complications, strategies, governance, and risks related to the development and enforcement of digital transformation contracting practices. While highlighting topics in the area of digital transformation and contracting such as artificial intelligence, digital business, emerging technologies, and blockchain, this book is ideally intended for business, engineering, and technology practitioners and policy makers, along with practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in understanding the scope, complexity, and importance of innovative contracts and agile contracting.

Research Anthology on Agile Software, Software Development, and Testing

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668437031
Total Pages : 2164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Research Anthology on Agile Software, Software Development, and Testing written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-11-26 with total page 2164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Software development continues to be an ever-evolving field as organizations require new and innovative programs that can be implemented to make processes more efficient, productive, and cost-effective. Agile practices particularly have shown great benefits for improving the effectiveness of software development and its maintenance due to their ability to adapt to change. It is integral to remain up to date with the most emerging tactics and techniques involved in the development of new and innovative software. The Research Anthology on Agile Software, Software Development, and Testing is a comprehensive resource on the emerging trends of software development and testing. This text discusses the newest developments in agile software and its usage spanning multiple industries. Featuring a collection of insights from diverse authors, this research anthology offers international perspectives on agile software. Covering topics such as global software engineering, knowledge management, and product development, this comprehensive resource is valuable to software developers, software engineers, computer engineers, IT directors, students, managers, faculty, researchers, and academicians.

Corrosion Policy Decision Making

Author : Reza Javaherdashti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119764319
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Corrosion Policy Decision Making written by Reza Javaherdashti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CORROSION POLICY DECISION MAKING Explore the science, management, economy, ecology, and engineering of corrosion management and prevention In Corrosion Policy Decision Making, distinguished consultant and corrosion expert Dr. Reza Javaherdashti delivers an insightful overview of the fundamental principles of corrosion with a strong focus on the applicability of corrosion theory to industrial practice. The authors demonstrate various aspects of smart corrosion management and persuasively make the case that there is a real difference between corrosion management and corrosion knowledge management. The book contains seven chapters that each focuses on one important aspect of corrosion and corrosion management. Corrosion management is an issue that is not just corrosion science or corrosion engineering but rather a combination of both elements. To cover this paradoxical aspect of corrosion management, chapter 2 deals with some basic, introductory concepts and principles of corrosion and coating/painting (an important corrosion protection method) while chapter 3 explains the elements of smart corrosion management in detail. Another important principle of smart corrosion management is to be able to study the cost of corrosion, chapter 4 introduces important points in the economics involved in a smart corrosion management. As indicated earlier, corrosion engineering is also an integral part of corrosion management and thus chapter 5 looks at the engineering side of corrosion by detailing the example of Process Additives (EMPA). Chapter 6 for the first time looks at the possibility of using TRIZ (algorithm of invention) in corrosion management. Finally, chapter 7 presents the necessary elements for building a model that would explore the mutual interaction between corrosion and environment mainly by exploring the difference between environmental impact and environmental effect. Chapter 7 is also very important because the four models so far applied to estimate the cost of corrosion (Uhlig Method, Hoar Method, I/O method and LCC method) are not capable of suggesting any clear model or a sensible way of exploring the elements necessary to explain the impact of indirect costs of corrosion the most important of which being environmental damages imposed by corrosion. This book is ideal for engineers, students, and managers working or studying corrosion, Corrosion Policy Decision Making is also an indispensable resource for professionals in the fields of upstream and downstream, on-shore/off-shore oil and gas, transportation, mining, power generation as well as major sectors of other strategic industries.

Outsourcing Insourcing and IT for Enterprise Management

Author : D. Chorafas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230501729
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Outsourcing Insourcing and IT for Enterprise Management written by D. Chorafas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many firms are now developing policies for outsourcing IT and other basic functions, this book analyses this issue from the perspective of both the outsourcer and the insourcer. Chorafas describes management needs and shows how technology can be used to meet these needs. The book also highlights the benefits and risks that companies face when they attempt to differentiate themselves through new technology. The book is based on an extensive research project in the US, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland and Sweden.

Organizational Control

Author : Sim B. Sitkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490753
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Control written by Sim B. Sitkin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organization scholars have long acknowledged that control processes are integral to the way in which organizations function. While control theory research spans many decades and draws on several rich traditions, theoretical limitations have kept it from generating consistent and interpretable empirical findings and from reaching consensus concerning the nature of key relationships. This book reveals how we can overcome such problems by synthesising diverse, yet complementary, streams of control research into a theoretical framework and empirical tests that more fully describe how types of control mechanisms (e.g., the use of rules, norms, direct supervision or monitoring) aimed at particular control targets (e.g., input, behavior, output) are applied within particular types of control systems (i.e., market, clan, bureaucracy, integrative). Written by a team of distinguished scholars, this book not only sheds light on the long-neglected phenomenon of organizational control, it also provides important directions for future research.