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Exploring innovation / David Smith.

By: Smith, David.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Maiden Head, Berkshire : McGraw Hill Education, 2006; Maidenhead, Berkshire : McGraw-Hill Education, c2006Description: xvi, 315 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0077108612; 9780077108618; 9780077108618.Subject(s): Industrial management | Industrial organization | Organizational change | Business & Management | Research & development management | Business and ManagementDDC classification: 658.4063 | 658.4063 SMI
Contents:
Part I: What is innovation? -- Introduction -- Types of innovation -- Technological change -- Part II: What does innovation involve? -- Theories of innovation -- Sources of innovation -- The process of innovation -- Intellectual property -- Part III: How do you manage innovation? -- Technology strategy -- Technical entrepreneurs -- Funding innovation -- Organising for innovation -- Part IV: How do you foster innovation? -- Innovation policy -- Innovation clusters -- National innovation systems.
Summary: The author aims to define innovation, identify its main characteristics, and outline the processes that organizations go through to carry out innovation. This is a resource-based text that not only includes mini-cases but also a variety of questions and exercises, each chapter including learning objectives.
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The author aims to define innovation, identify its main characteristics, and outline the processes that organizations go through to carry out innovation. This is a resource-based text that not only includes mini-cases but also a variety of questions and exercises, each chapter including learning objectives.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: What is innovation? -- Introduction -- Types of innovation -- Technological change -- Part II: What does innovation involve? -- Theories of innovation -- Sources of innovation -- The process of innovation -- Intellectual property -- Part III: How do you manage innovation? -- Technology strategy -- Technical entrepreneurs -- Funding innovation -- Organising for innovation -- Part IV: How do you foster innovation? -- Innovation policy -- Innovation clusters -- National innovation systems.

The author aims to define innovation, identify its main characteristics, and outline the processes that organizations go through to carry out innovation. This is a resource-based text that not only includes mini-cases but also a variety of questions and exercises, each chapter including learning objectives.