Innovation Generation

Author : Roberta B. Ness MD, MPH
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199892600

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Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher, or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. In Innovation Generation, internationally renowned physician and scientist Roberta Ness provides all the tools you need to cast aside your habitual ways of navigating the every-day world and to think "outside the box." Based on an extraordinarily successful program at the University of Texas, this book provides proven techniques to expand your ability to generate original ideas. These tools include analogy, expanding assumptions, pulling questions apart, changing your point of view, reversing your thinking, and getting the most out of multidisciplinary groups, to name a few. Woven into the discussion are engaging stories of famous scientists who found fresh paths to innovation, including groundbreaking primate scientist Jane Goodall, father of lead research Herb Needleman, and physician Ignaz Semmelweis, whose discovery of infection control saved millions. Finally, the book shows how to combine your newly acquired skills in innovative thinking with the normal process of scientific thinking, so that your new abilities are more than playthings. Innovation will power your science.

Author : Peter Merrill
Publisher : Quality Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780873899956

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Innovation Never Stops by Peter Merrill Pdf

The world of innovation is exciting. Welcome to the future, and be aware of the big lesson of this book, which is now its main title: innovation never stops. Innovation is going through the “growing up” phases that quality went through 20 years ago, although, not surprisingly, it is growing up much faster. Quality left behind the myth that quality was the job of the quality department and became quality management. Innovation is leaving behind the myth that innovation is solely the job of R&D and is now discussed in terms of innovation management. This second edition includes: New material on the forces of change as the prime driver of innovation Discussion of the relationship of innovation and quality Explanation of the need for innovation management and a management system approach to innovation Additional material on creativity and idea creation, or “ideation” New material on management of risk as it is tied to the metrics of innovation

Author : Roberta B. Ness MD, MPH
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199929955

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Innovation Generation by Roberta B. Ness MD, MPH Pdf

Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher, or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. In Innovation Generation, internationally renowned physician and scientist Roberta Ness provides all the tools you need to cast aside your habitual ways of navigating the every-day world and to think "outside the box." Based on an extraordinarily successful program at the University of Texas, this book provides proven techniques to expand your ability to generate original ideas. These tools include analogy, expanding assumptions, pulling questions apart, changing your point of view, reversing your thinking, and getting the most out of multidisciplinary groups, to name a few. Woven into the discussion are engaging stories of famous scientists who found fresh paths to innovation, including groundbreaking primate scientist Jane Goodall, father of lead research Herb Needleman, and physician Ignaz Semmelweis, whose discovery of infection control saved millions. Finally, the book shows how to combine your newly acquired skills in innovative thinking with the normal process of scientific thinking, so that your new abilities are more than playthings. Innovation will power your science.

Author : Peter Merrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Creative ability in business
ISBN : 0873899121

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Author : Peter Merrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Creative ability in business
ISBN : 087389734X

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Innovation Generation by Peter Merrill Pdf

"For successful innovation, an organization needs its people to be well connected, which is exactly what a highly-developed quality management system can do. This book shows that quality management and its associated efficiencies does not necessarily have to drive out the "thinking time" that is so critical to innovation. You can innovate and develop the products and services that the market needs tomorrow by following the two modes of operation described by noted author Peter Merrill: "stay loose" to create and conceptualize, and "hang tight" to develop the concept and commercialize."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jenny Floren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 193554716X

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The Innovation Generation by Jenny Floren Pdf

America faces almost unimaginable daunting short-term and long-term challenges on multiple fronts, from financial meltdowns and protracted wars to crises in healthcare, energy, and the environment. The good and important news: the solutions to these challenges lie before us. Contrary to its undeserved reputation, Generation Y or the Millennial Generation is emerging as the right cohort to help our country reestablish itself as a beacon for the world. Millennials come of age as the most connected, aware, and creative generation in history. Their passion for we instead of me sets the tone for a new way, the Gen Y Way, of collaborative synergy and success. But it s going to take more than stimulus packages and short-term thinking. In The Gen Y Way, entrepreneur Jenny Floren draws from her experiences working with this new generation to share her insights into how our country can best prepare the social, cultural, political, educational, and economic environment. From revamping education and incentives to aligning with the wisdom of the workforce, Floren offers up post-partisan prescriptions that will enable Gen Y to systemically and systematically meet and beat the challenges of the 21st Century.

Author : Fariborz Damanpour
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788117449

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Organizational Innovation by Fariborz Damanpour Pdf

This comprehensive book synthesizes research from the past 50 years of innovation studies, addressing the main elements of innovation and providing a connected perspective on innovation within organizations. It explores the generation and adoption of both technological and nontechnological innovations, offering a coherent and systematic view of the process. Insights from behavioral, economic and structure-based perspectives are used to explain existing findings and help the reader navigate current research, as well as offering ideas and frameworks to guide new studies.

Author : Professor Carlos Costa,Dr. Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira,Dr. Marlene Paula Castro Amorim
Publisher : Academic Conferences and publishing limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781911218982

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ECIE 2018 13th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Professor Carlos Costa,Dr. Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira,Dr. Marlene Paula Castro Amorim Pdf

Author : Chris Bilton,Stephen Cummings
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781405180191

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Creative Strategy by Chris Bilton,Stephen Cummings Pdf

People tend to think of creativity and strategy as opposites. This book argues that they are far more similar than we might expect. More than this, actively aligning creative and strategic thinking in any enterprise can enable more effective innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and organizing for the future. By considering strategy as a creative process (and vice versa), the authors define ‘creative strategy’ as a mindset which switches between opposing processes and characteristics, and which drives every aspect of the business. The authors draw experiences and cases from across this false divide – from the music industry, sports, fashion, Shakespearean theatre companies, creative and media organizations and dance, as well as what we might regard as more mundane providers of mainstream products and services – to uncover the creative connections behind successful strategy. “Creative Strategy is a talisman for those looking to take a new path” Matt Hardisty, Strategy Director, Mother Advertising “It has been said that business is a hybrid of dancing and calculation – the former incorporating the creative within a firm, the latter the strategic. Bilton and Cummings show how these apparently contradictory processes can be integrated. Their insights about how firms can ‘create to strategize’ and ‘strategize to create’ are informative for managers and management scholars alike.” Jay Barney, Professor and Chase Chair of Strategic Management, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University “In today’s world, new thinking – creativity – is required to tackle long-standing problems or address new opportunities. The trouble is few organizations understand how to foster and apply creativity, at least in any consistent manner. This book provides new insights into just how that can be done. It moves creativity from being just the occasional, and fortuitous, flash of inspiration, to being an embedded feature of the way the organization is run.” Sir George Cox, Author of the Cox Review of Creativity in Business for HM Govt., Past Chair of the Design Council

Author : Renata Paola Dameri, Roberto Garelli and Marina Resta
Publisher : Academic Conferences and publishing limited
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781910810491

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ECIE2015-10th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Renata Paola Dameri, Roberto Garelli and Marina Resta Pdf

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 10th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2015), hosted this year by The University of Genoa, Italy on the 17-18 September 2015. The Conference Chair is Prof Luca Beltrametti and the Programme Co-chairs are Prof Renata Paola Dameri, Prof. Roberto Garelli and Prof. Marina Resta, all from the University of Genoa. ECIE continues to develop and evolve. Now in its 10th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Marco Doria – Mayor of Genoa on the topic of Innovation and entrepreneurship in Genoa: past, present and future. A second keynote will be given by Flavia Marzano from the National board for innovation and Italian digital agenda on the topic of Innovation: New visions not just new technologies. The second day Keynote will be given by Roberto Santoro, President of the European Society of Concurrent Engineering Network (ESoCE Net) on the topic of People Olympics for healthy and active living: A people driven social innovation platform. In addition to the main themes of the conference there are a number of specialist mini tracks on topics including Innovation and strategy, Entrepreneurship education in action, The theory and practice of collaboration in entrepreneurship and Challenges for entrepreneurship and innovation n the 21st Century. With an initial submission of 275 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 88 Academic research papers, 6 PhD research papers, 1 Masters Research paper, 4 work-in-progress papers and 1 Non-academic paper published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, , France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, , Kuwait, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Romania, Russia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Thailand, UK and USA

Author : Peter N. Golder,Debanjan Mitra
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784718152

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Handbook of Research on New Product Development by Peter N. Golder,Debanjan Mitra Pdf

New products are the major driver of revenue growth in today's dynamic business environment. In this Handbook, the world's foremost experts on new product development bring together the latest thinking on this vitally important topic. These thought-leading authors organize knowledge into useful and insightful frameworks covering all aspects of new product development: companies, collaborators, customers, context, markets, and performance. Managers will benefit from the handbook by expanding their knowledge of new product development and researchers will learn about opportunities to continue expanding on this body of knowledge.

Author : Paul Stoneman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191610172

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Soft Innovation by Paul Stoneman Pdf

At its heart this book is about innovation and the innovation process. On the way, it considers aesthetics, design, creativity and the creative industries, and a number of other similar topics. Much of the existing economic literature on innovation has taken a particularly technological or functional viewpoint as to what sort of new products and processes are to be considered innovations. One of the key things this book shows is that there is a type of innovation, here labelled 'soft innovation', primarily concerned with changes in products (and perhaps processes) of an aesthetic or intellectual nature, that has largely been ignored in the study of innovation prevalent in economics. Examples of innovations that, as a result of this refocusing, are here placed at the centre of the analysis include: the writing and publishing of a new book, the writing, production, and launching of a new movie, the development and launch of a new advertising promotion, the design and production of a new range of furniture, and architectural activity in the generation of new built form designs. The realisation of the existence of soft innovation means that, not only is innovation more widespread than previously considered, but that it may also take a different form than commonly considered. Soft Innovation addresses key issues such as: * The measurement of the rate and extent of soft innovation, * The determinants of the rate and direction of soft innovation and its diffusion, * The impacts of soft innovation and diffusion upon outputs, productivity, employment, firm performance, trade, and economic welfare, * Policy, considering whether there is a rationale for government intervention in the soft innovation generation and diffusion processes, and if so what instruments can be used in such intervention? Soft Innovation breaks new ground in the study of innovation, and will be key reading for academics and researchers of Innovation, Marketing, and Design, as well as consultants, practitioners, and policy-makers concerned with the creative industries.

Author : Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781898523024

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IBEA Conference 2011 Proceedings: Innovation and Integration - Science, Technology and Policy in the Built Environment by Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi Pdf

Author : Rosanna Fornasiero,Saskia Sardesai,Ana Cristina Barros,Aristides Matopoulos
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030635053

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Next Generation Supply Chains by Rosanna Fornasiero,Saskia Sardesai,Ana Cristina Barros,Aristides Matopoulos Pdf

This open access book explores supply chains strategies to help companies face challenges such as societal emergency, digitalization, climate changes and scarcity of resources. The book identifies industrial scenarios for the next decade based on the analysis of trends at social, economic, environmental technological and political level, and examines how they may impact on supply chain processes and how to design next generation supply chains to answer these challenges. By mapping enabling technologies for supply chain innovation, the book proposes a roadmap for the full implementation of the supply chain strategies based on the integration of production and logistics processes. Case studies from process industry, discrete manufacturing, distribution and logistics, as well as ICT providers are provided, and policy recommendations are put forward to support companies in this transformative process.

Author : Michael L. Goodman,Aisha S. Dickerson,Roberta B. Ness
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199915545

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Creativity in the Sciences by Michael L. Goodman,Aisha S. Dickerson,Roberta B. Ness Pdf

The World is Confronted by pressing problems that continue to challenge science and will only he solved using maginative, new approaches . But learning to think innovatively requires practice. This workbook. Which Serves as a Companion to Roberta Ness's Innovation Generation: How to Produce Creative and Useful Scientitic ideas, addresses topics ranging from becoming a kcener obsever and asking the right questions to testing your ideas, overcoming the stodginess of science, and creating an innovatin incubator. It will help you acquire the toels to overcome problems large and small --