Book Description
In today's ever-changing economic landscape, innovation has become even more of a key factor influencing strategic planning. This helpful volume will help the reader recognize and seize innovation opportunities.
The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series
The series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.
Customer Reviews:
Good Collection of Articles.......2007-08-13
With a good collection of articles and case studies, the book helps us to recognize and seize innovation opportunities. I certainly recommend this book for executives. Another one that I recommend is Eightstorm: 8-Step Brainstorming for Innovative Managers.
Fair.......2007-06-21
I found little of interest in these articles. I would start in any number of other books if you are interested in innovation.
another book of cute little bits and pieces--where is the forest?.......2007-06-15
First, I apologize for the mixed metaphor in the title above.
Second, all the articles in this collection are "good".
Third, however, you may, as I, be more than a little tired of academics from the world's greatest universities, for decades, on topics like innovation, publishing little bits and pieces.
Fourth, I recently bought 200 books with innovation or its synonyms in their titles or blurb descriptions, grouped them in groups, and ordered books from best to junk within each group. Then I surveyed the whole thing asking myself "what, overall, are all the theories of innovation that are out there and which of them have been tested?"
It turns out there are 27 theories of innovation out there and none of them have been tested, as a whole theory, but bits, extremely small bits, of some of them have been nibbled at by the world's greatest academics from the world's greatest universities. I counted full coverage of NONE of these 27 approaches to innovation, in this particular book. NONE. What is in this book is nibbles of two of the 27--wowie!!! Harvard has nibbled 2 of 27 theories around on innovation--what a powerful research effort! I am sooooo impressed. My friend in Reuters just emailed me complaining how naive I am--professors do not do comprehensive things because they hate the good ideas of their competitors! I am naive. I thought professionals learned to respect and admire the good ideas of their peers and competitors--I am too naive!
Conclusion: if you want some more little bits about innovation, here is another, one of a series of 200 books presenting disconnected little bits about innovation. If you want, however, more what the world's best scholars should be capable of--that is, a comprehensive, thorough survey of all the theories and approaches to innovation in our world, ordered, analyzed, compared, and made sense of, so you have both a mental feel and a practical repertoire of the diversity in doing innovation there to be tried, then this book will sorely disappoint you, not only in its contents but also in the quality of mind that today gets tenure at the "world's best universities".
If these are the world's best minds on innovation--then we live in a more pitiable world than I ever imagined before. Pity us, poor pitiful us!
Honestly, I cannot fault these guys for their bits--each little tiny bit article is cute, nice in its own way, and impressive sounding. However, when I add them all up, I get a sense that this book covers approximately 1/200th of innovation overall. Why string us readers out and make us buy 200 books like this before we get a thorough, grounded, comprehensive, useful overview of all the theories of and approaches to innovating around? I am tired of bits and pieces. I am a little angry at the "world's best professors" from the "world's best universities" stringing me and millions of others along with bits and pieces. Without a forest and a deep thorough understanding of a forest, interest in any one tree is not only unwise, but in real markets run by real people, quite dangerous. The bit of innovation you got from this sort of book and masterfully applied gets run over by 19 other bits, not in this book, that you never heard of till they mashed your project/company. This is not myth--it happened to three global corporations I managed. Bits are dangerous--however clever they make their authors, for a tiny moment, look. I am no longer able to develop any enthusiasm for them.
I could review each bit in this book but to tell you the truth, it does not matter what the bits in this book are--they are all so very very tiny and bit-sized, isolated and cute, that you know, as you read each article, there are 1000s of similar bits in similar books out there. You can sell an awful lot of books this way without conveying a useable understanding of a field like "innovation". Derek Bok, in his earlier incarnation as head of Harvard used to declaim in books on higher education how professors are so very very very narrow and how what they publish is so very very very sliverish in journals that are so very very very unread. I love every five years or so when the Academy of Management journals and reviews get a new editor, to read his/her article declaiming, with the subtlest whimper in his/her tone, how "nobody reads all this great research we publish". They do not read it because it is "bits and pieces".
This book is "great" by the criteria of modern "torture assistant professors for 7 years" American-esque academics--but by the criteria of people like me trying to get 10,000 people to stop being bureaucratic and do what they must do to survive Chinese and other competition, these bits are increasingly useless, cute, and decorative. I do not look forward to the next bits from any of these authors. I fear their entire lives will be consumed in bit-ness. If I read books like this, my own life will be thusly consumed. These professor guys need to do some work, stop publishing the smallest fastest possible bit, and COVER a topic not nibble it. We need people with heftier minds in these pompous over priced elitist universities our media worship.
If you want to know the kind of book I like on innovation--try Van de Ven's Minnesota Studies on Innovation (not the exact title--a big black covered book of about 800 pages). That whole body of longitudinal work following a dozen innovations through 20 years of ups and downs dwarfs what you learn from these cute little assistant-professor style bits and pieces books. It is statistically much better and more powerfully grounded, the research questions are framed profoundly not opportunistically for tenure, and the richness of real lived history of each followed innovation undoes nearly all that cute little assistant-professor books by authors like these, says.
Good reading.......2007-01-07
Well written and presented with interesting examples/case studies. Definitely worth a read.
Am not an expert in the subject area but some of the concepts did appear dated or jaded to me.
A good "door" to be opened by those interested for Innovation.......2006-08-07
A collection of reviews in Innovation Strategies/Policies/Theories/Practices some of them related with case studies in big companies.
It can help those who want a reflexive and comprehensive look into Innovation.
Book Description
It's not enough to come up with great ideas-companies must ultimately turn those ideas into profits. This valuable collection is full of tried and true specific managerial techniques, processes, and policies that set innovative leaders apart from their less successful competitors.
The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series
The series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.
Customer Reviews:
How to achieve and then sustain innovation enterprise-wide.......2006-08-24
In this volume, one in a series of anthologies of articles previously published in the Harbard Business Review, the reader is provided with eight brilliant analyses of how to establish and then nourish innovative thinking entreprise-wide. No brief commentary such as this can do full justice to the rigor and substance of these articles. It remains for each reader to examine the list to identify those subjects which are of greatest interest to her or him. My own opinion is that all of the articles are first-rate. One of this volume's greatest benefits is derived from sharing a variety of perspectives provided by a number of different authorities on the same general subject. In this instance, "the innovative enterprise." Readers will especially appreciate the provision of an executive summary which precedes each of the articles. Also of interest is the "About the Contributors" section which includes suggestions of other sources to consult.
These are some of the key questions to which the contributors respond:
Which "time pressure" situations yield creativity? Why? (Amabile, Hadley, and Kramer)
What are the most effective "tough-minded ways" to "get innovative"? (Pearson)
How to break out of - and stay out of -- the "innovation box"? (Wolpert)
What causes an R&D "machine" to "sputter" and how to repair it? (Peebles)
What does the "discipline of innovation" require of both individuals and organizations? (Drucker)
How can research help to "reinvent" an organization? (Brown)
If "creativity is not enough," what else is needed? (Levitt)
Those who share my high regard for this volumne are urged to check out other "Harvard Business Review on..." volumes such as those on Culture and Change, Effective Communication, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning. Also Thomas Kelley and Jonathan Littman's The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation, Teresa Amabile's Creativity in Context, Evan Schwartz' Juice, Jane Fulton Suri' Thoughtless Acts?, Michael Michalko's Cracking Creativity, and Making Innovation Work co-authored by Tony Davila, Marc J. Epstein, and Robert Shelton.
Highly nutritional and tasty food for thought.......2005-11-11
Today when the word "innovation" becomes more or less a cliche, this book does breathe valuable substance (not sheerly vague concepts but practical advice) to aspired innovators supposedly to have the power to steer the course of an institution. Some readers might think that HBR publications are quality guaranteed. As a regular reader on my company's monthly HBR subscription, I assure you that's not the case. However, this book is really a big beautiful pearl. In particular, I like "the discipline of innovation by Peter Drucker" the most because of the author's emphasis on innovators' need to look for simple, focused solutions to real problems, that the greatest praise an innovation can receive is for people to say "That's so obvious!" and grandiose ideas designed to revolutionize an industry rarely work. Drucker also points out that if diligence, persistence, and committment are lacking, companies are unlikely to succeed at the business innovation. Other passages like "Creativity under the Gun by Amabile, Hadley and Kramer" and "Research that revinvents the corporation by John Brown" are also brilliant. Without exaggeration, it's a very useful and great read. Dont miss it.
Book Description
How to Globalize to Survive in the New Economy
At a time in which globalization impacts corporate strategy as never before, corporate leaders are challenged to consider all the implications of a new global economy. Characterized by a myriad of competing forces, this new global economy is highlighted by unprecedented advances in technology of all kinds.
With such unrelenting change blurring the view, corporate leaders need the benefit of the best thinking in order to focus on the right global strategies.
World View offers just such thinking, featuring examples of strategies and best practices used by successful companies worldwide in moving toward global markets. In his introduction to this collection of Harvard Business Review articles, editor Jeffrey Garten pinpoints five emerging themes:
* Operating in a global market requires CEOs to rethink every aspect of their strategies.
* The best strategies require that organizations gather massive amounts of information and process it effectively.
* Companies that succeed on a global scale are constant innovators, learning and implementing simultaneously.
* Great global companies create cultures conducive to extensive internal and external collaboration and networking.
* Radical change brings unprecedented opportunity to capture markets and enhance shareholder value.
Seeing globalization through the eyes of leading thinkers and executives who have mastered its challenges,
World View presents forward-thinking insights for corporate leaders determined to succeed in the always-new and uncertain global economy. A Harvard Business Review Book.
Customer Reviews:
Useful, but interesting for what it leaves out........2006-02-09
The thematic collections of articles from the Harvard Business Review are clearly popular enough to justify more. This one is on globalisation and its implications. As ever, the articles selected are well organised, with a useful short introduction.
As with several of the collections, the really interesting thing is what is not covered. To an observer, three of the things that are really uncertain in the global economy, with large potential implications for global strategy, are financial instability, the growth of consumer dissent and activism and the pressure to build environmental sustainability. The first two topics do not appear at all and the third is represented only by an interview with the CEO of a company that has since changed its name, apparently as a direct of result of customer backlash to its chosen path to sustainability.
The impression is of a book that represents a somewhat complacent corporate conventional wisdom, in which change will occur in ways that we understand and can, within limits, control and more radical possibilities are comfortably not in contemplation. The failure of the Kyoto conference has amply demonstrated this lack of vision. As AtKisson and Hawken have pointed out, the obvious response to the problem of global warming is a large - and, in even the medium term, potentially enormously profitable for someone - thrust to bring on the hydrogen economy. Yet, as far as one can determine from the reports, this solution was not even seriously raised, let alone debated.
A true 'world view' is likely to see strategies that are much more radical and much less comfortable for conservative business, than this collection seems to suggest.
Lessons of Globalization!.......2001-05-24
I am impressed on Garten's and his contributor writers telling MNCs past lessons trying to penetrate into Asia's markets in India and China. I find it interesting especially local companies tried to sort strategies since there are no longer consider as monopoly to counter-attack before they enter the market! This will give local producers to be much more competitive than before. Eventually, they repaired their reputation and efficient production and service than before!MNCs need to worry much especially they don't understand the Asian culture and taste! It may be a suicide mission if MNCs don't study the culture and the background of the country! Although the population in India and China approxed 2.2 billion doesn't mean that it is a 100% peneteration! These may find on Part 1: Emerging Markets and Part 2: Europe and Asia This book is highly recommended to Asian Small-Medium Entrepreneurship and asian big corporate companies as it is important to know how much competitive market as the world trade tariff walls declined! It is undoubtfully an excellent book!
Unique and Abundant Insights.......2001-02-11
Many organizations are now struggling to formulate global strategies for the New Economy. Garten has assembled sixteen different essays in which various experts identify a number of different strategies to consider and then suggest how such strategies could be implemented. The material is organized within four Parts:
Emerging Markets [eg Prahalad and Lieberthal on "The End of Corporate Imperialism"]
Europe and Asia [eg Williamson on "Asia's New Competitive Game"]
Corporate Strategies [eg Porter on "Clusters and the New Economics of Competition]
Leadership [three interviews: Victor Fung, Robert B. Shapiro, and John Browne]
Garten then provides Executive Summaries and About the Contributors, both sections giving the reader a frame-of-reference within which to evaluate the specific essays and their respective authors. Garten is eminently well-qualified. You are urged to check out another of his books, The Mind of the C.E.O., in which he shares what he learned from interviews with 40 CEOs of major global corporations.
In the Introduction, Garten identifies several "common themes" revealed throughout the sixteen essays: operating in a global market requires CEOs to rethink everything about their strategies -- even what strategy means in an environment which is changing so fast and is so brutally competitive; the best strategies require organizations that are set up for gathering massive amounts of information and processing it effectively; companies that succeed on a global scale are constant innovators; great global companies create a culture conducive to extensive internal and external collaboration; and finally, virtually all of the authors agree that change is brining unprecedented opportunity to capture markets and enhance shareholder value.
Who will derive the greatest benefit from this superb anthology of separate but inter-related essays? Obviously, the governing board members and other senior executives of global organizations (which include but are not limited to for-profits) as well as CEOs of companies which include one or more of the global organizations among their own clients. Also, business students at the undergraduate and graduate levels who seek a single-volume source of information and insight concerning global strategies for the New Economy. (Have you checked out the price of textbooks lately?) For those in need of additional sources, Garten provides an abundance of them in the "About the Contributors" section.
Those who share my high regard for this book should also check out Dun & Bradstreet's Guide to Doing Business Around the World (Morrison et al) and also, if relevant, Doing Business in Asia (Dunung) and/or The New Silk Road (Stuttard's observations on doing business in China). Having accurate and sufficient information is obviously very important but without an appropriate strategy, information cannot be effectively leveraged. Hence the importance of the diverse and abundant wisdom which is so readily available in this book.
What we are about to live.......2000-05-03
In this world of changes we must know our next future. This book brings us these informations. Garten handles a torchlight to the future of the world and organizations. It is surprising how he connects the wires and alll we have to do is just follow the line of the words. Undoubtfully is a great book.
Book Description
The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.
This collection features an all-new roundtable discussion with a unique "closing essay" on followership. The collection also builds on the special leadership issue of Harvard Business Review.
Customer Reviews:
Among the best in a breakthrough series of paperbacks.......2004-12-16
This is one in a series of several dozen volumes which comprise the "Harvard Business Review Paperback Series." Each offers direct, convenient, and inexpensive access to the best thinking on the given subject in articles originally published by the Harvard Business Review. Presumably two of the criteria for determining which articles to include are (a) frequency of reprint requests and (b) significance of the article in relation to the author(s)'s subsequent work. I strongly recommend all of the volumes in the series. The individual titles are listed at this Web site: www.hbsp.harvard.edu. The authors of various articles are among the world's most highly regarded experts on the given subject. All of the volumes have been carefully edited. An Executive Summary introduces each selection. Supplementary commentaries are also provided in most of the volumes, as is an "About the Contributors" section which usually includes suggestions of other sources which some readers may wish to explore.
In this volume, we are provided with eight previously published articles which, from a variety of perspectives, examine an especially important business subject: How to achieve breakthrough leadership. In the first, Harris Collingwood shares leaders' remembrances of moments and others who have shaped them. The core concepts in the next article, "Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance," were later developed in several books co-authored by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. Collingwood then reappears as co-moderator with Julia Kirby of a roundtable discussion during which six experts (e.g. Frances Hesselbein who is chairman of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation and Frederick Smith who is chairman and CEO of FedEx. For me, one of the most thought-provoking articles is the one in which Richard S. Tedlow explains why and how "a handful of simple principles" followed by seven "titans of industry" (i.e. Carnegie, Eastman, Ford, Noyce, Revson, Walton, and Watson, Sr.) can also be applied by others to achieve breakthrough results. The material in the remaining five articles is also worthy careful consideration. Of course, the value of each article will largely be determined by its reader's own interests and (especially) needs.
I have read and reviewed almost all of the volumes which comprise the "Harvard Business Review Paperback Series." This is one of the best but the same benefits are offered by all of the others: Cutting-edge ideas which can have the greatest impact for about 30% of the cost, were the articles ordered separately as reprints. Better yet, they are grouped by common business topic but their authors approach that topic from significantly different perspectives. Most executives should own and then read all of the volumes in this series. Once having done so, my guess is that they will frequently return to specific articles for guidance whenever an unexpected problem or opportunity appears. hence the importance of highlighting key passages. Hence the importance of the Executive Summary for each article in each volume. And hence the importance of having direct and convenient access.
Average customer rating:
- A must for the managers in "Digital Economy"
|
The Learning Imperative: Managing People for Continuous Innovation (Harvard Business Review Book)
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
 General
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Human Resources
| Harvard Business School Press
| By Publisher
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Management
| Harvard Business School Press
| By Publisher
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Human Resources & Personnel Management
| Industries & Professions
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Management
| Management & Leadership
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Entrepreneurship
| Small Business & Entrepreneurship
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Vocational Guidance
| Job Hunting & Careers
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0875844324 |
Customer Reviews:
A must for the managers in "Digital Economy".......2003-08-26
The book brings together eleven articles and four interview which were published in Harvard Business Review during 1990-1993. The Foreword by Chairman and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co Robert Haas sets the tone of the book and Introduction by Robert Howard gives the panoramic view of the topics to be covered. The book is organized in four parts: namely I) Decoding the Business Logic II) Designing New Behaviors III) Managing New Psychological Frontiers and IV) Getting from Here to There. Each part ends with an interview of an industry leader broadly covering practical aspects of the themes discussed under that part.
Part-I discusses the core of businesses in emerging New Economy with focus on knowledge-creation, -organization and -integration. This part put in perspective the role, status and orientation of organization in 21st Century in light of Knowledge Society and IT. Peter F. Drucker very lucidly explains these principles in his curtain raiser article "The New Society of Organizations". In the article "Competing on Capabilities: The New Rules of Corporate Strategy", George Stalk et. al. successfully highlights the essence of competing on capabilities and supports it with the example of Wal-Mart, Honda, Xerox etc. Article also brings out the difference between "Core Competence" and "Capabilities" while explaining the concept such as cross-docking and capabilities predator. Knowledge creation is one of the very important steps in the knowledge management and learning Organization and Ikujiro Nonaka is an authority in this field. It is once again reflected in his article "The Knowledge Creating Company". While quoting examples from Japanese Companies, he convincingly establishes importance of continuous innovation and "Knowledge Spiral". According to him another aspect of knowledge creation is continuous interaction of Tacit and Explicit knowledge to arrive at "Model" from "Metaphor" through "Analogy". This section ends with an interview of Swatch Titan Nicolas Hayek by William Taylor. Hayek is the success personified. He swam against the course in early nineties to snatch back market share from Japanese and Hong-Kong-based watch maker in favor of SMH by his total belief in the Philosophy: "... if you have a manufacturing process in which direct labor cost is less than 10% of total costs, you have eliminated those costs from the competitive equations...". By his total commitment towards the domestic manufacturing he could come out with the automation process to nullify the effect of labor wage differential.
Part-II deals with the behavioral aspects of Learning Organization. Simply changing technology, implementing BPR and restructuring organization is not enough; suitable and compatible behavioral aspects should also be incorporated. One can buy technology but organizational culture needs to be inculcated. John Seely Brown in his article "Research That Reinvents the Corporation" cogently brings out that innovation itself is not sufficient but what needed is learning from it and applying it immediately to all other aspects of organizational thinking. Through the example of Xerox's innovation efforts he explains various concepts such as "Technology Gets out of the Way", "Harvesting Local Innovation", "Coproducing Innovation" and "Innovating with the Customer". Robert Howard in his article "The Designer Organization: Italy's GFT Goes Global" traces the journey of GFT from local to global brand. In doing so he persuasively brings out the concept "Think Globally and Act Locally". As organizations restructure to respond to their environment, there has been a growing recognition of the need for new kinds of organizational structure. The Networked Organization is one such response. The notion of a network implies nodes and links. The nodes can be people, teams or even organizations - networks operate at many levels. These are few salient aspects which Ram Charan brings out in his article "How Networks Resahpe Organizations- For Results". This section concludes with an interview of Xerox Chairman and CEO Paul Allaire by Robert Howard. Allaire coined a phrase: "CEO as Organization Architecture" to describe the importance of CEO in the Organizational Framework in the context of Learning Organization.
Part-III of the book deals with "Managing the Psychological Frontiers of the Learning Organization". The articles incorporated in this part address the area of invisible psychological boundaries in the organizations. Larry Hirschhorn and Thomas Gilmore pickup the concept of "Boundaryless Organization" from the then GE Supremo Jack Welch in their article "The New Boundaries of the Boundaryless Company" and from there built up the case for demonstrating the invisible boundaries such as Authority Boundary, Task Boundary, Political Boundary and Identity Boundary. Article "Teaching Smart People How to Learn" by Chris Argyris makes a very interesting reading because of very fact that it try to address a paradox "... those members of the organization that many assume to be the best at learning are, in fact, not very good at it..." It elucidate "How Professionals Avoid Learning", "Defensive Reasoning and the Doom Loop", and "Learning How to Reason Productively". In the section-closing interview given to Robert Howard, Robert Haas, Chairman and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. lucidly expound the importance of value statement for success of an organization.
Action speaks louder than words. Part-IV is all about actions. How to get from theory to actions. Creating theoretical framework for learning organization is not enough, it should be inculcated into organizational behavior and actions. Michael Beer et. al. in their article "Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change" argue coherently that "most managers understand the need for organizational change but don't know how to bring it about". The authors describe "six steps to effective change" and "the role of top management in affecting change". In article "Motorola U: When Training Becomes an Education", William Wiggenhorn highlights the importance of continuous training for the quality improvement in the context of Motorola taking inter-alia example of "Six-Sigma". Paul Adler argues in his article "Time and Motion Regained" that "... standardization and specialization properly understood and organized, can be a tremendous stimulus to learning... it can result in learning bureaucracy". He present the case of NUMMI, a joint venture of GM and Toyota to support his observations. Arden C. Sims, the CEO of Globe Metallurgical reveals many aspects of managing high-value-added specialty products through continuous innovation to Bruce Rayner in an absorbing interview.
Download Description
Identifying which business ideas have real commercial potential is fraught with uncertainty, and even the most admired companies have stumbled. In this article, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne introduce three tools that managers can use to help strip away some of that uncertainty. The first tool, "the buyer utility map," indicates how likely it is that customers will be attracted to a new business idea. The second, "the price corridor of the mass," identifies what price will unlock the greatest number of customers. And the third tool, "the business model guide," offers a framework for figuring out whether and how a company can profitably deliver the new idea at the targeted price. Applying the tools, though, is not the end of the story. Many innovations have to overcome adoption hurdles--strong resistance from stakeholders inside and outside the company. The authors conclude by discussing how managers can head off negative reactions from stakeholders.
Customer Reviews:
Worth it.......2002-11-16
Presents an excellent framework for brainstroming and categorizing business ideas. Worth having in your reference library. You may not use the framework directly, but it does help you think about the *entire* value chain and where your idea fits in.
Average customer rating:
|
Innovation (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)
Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Management
| Harvard Business School Press
| By Publisher
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Management
| Management & Leadership
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Operations Research
| Management & Leadership
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0875842623 |
Book Description
no description
Book Description
For the past decade, John Seely Brown's distinctive vision of how technology affects learning and work has challenged us to think differently about how we generate ideas and embed innovation in our organizations. Seeing Differently is the author's personal guide to the ideas that will shape the way we innovate into the twenty-first century. A provocative selection of articles from the Harvard Business Review, the book explores the explosive changes in the business environment, especially in the high-technology and information industries: customer needs have shifted, business strategy has been redefined, and established alliances within traditional industry boundaries have replaced clear-cut competitors. In this new context, the articles make the powerful case that business leaders must change their perspective on innovation to honor the rich interplay of art and discipline that innovation requires. They also offer new types of tools-including game theory and options analysis-for understanding how to launch new businesses and create new markets.
Books:
- Home Buying For Dummies, 3rd edition
- How to Win Friends & Influence People
- In Defense of Globalization
- Influence: Science and Practice (4th Edition)
- International Building Code 2003 (International Building Code)
- John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do (Harvard Business Review Book)
- Leading Change
- Macroeconomics
- Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
- Marketing: An Introduction
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home
- Oh, the Places You'll Go!
- Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Cult
- History: Fiction or Science
- MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit
- Making Wire Jewelry: 60 Easy Projects in Silver, Copper & Brass
- Listen! the Wind
- Individual Taxes 1999-2000, Volume II, Worldwide Summaries
- Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can Be Done
- Juno & Juliet: A Novel
Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials)
Making Innovation Work: How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It
The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Defeating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
