TECHNOLOGICAL innovations

TECHNOLOGICAL innovations

 
Leapfrogging Kaplan, Soren Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2012 Innovation

Business breakthroughs are the key to long-term profitability, but innovation consultant Soren Kaplan argues that they do not arise from conventional marketing plans. In fact, managerial mindsets actually get in the...

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Open Leadership Li, Charlene Jossey-Bass , 2010 Communication, Leadership, Technology

In today’s world of new social technologies, leaders must face a new reality: it is necessary to let go in order to succeed. Social technologies have made information sharing easy and free. As a result, they have...

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Viral Loop Penenberg, Adam L. Hyperion Books , 2009 Business Strategy, Technology

The startling technological advances of the Internet age have changed the way we think, the way we play, and the way we work. As a result, the arena for business success is more open and expansive than it has ever been...

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Citizen Engineer Douglas, David | Papadopoulos, Greg | Boutelle, John Prentice Hall , 2010 Business Strategy, Social Responsibility

In the past, an engineer’s primary focus was finding simple and elegant ways of implementing design requirements. To succeed today, however, engineers must also possess an understanding of environmental issues, legal...

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Global Corporate Alliances and the Competitive Edge Starr, Martin K.1,2 Quorum Books , 1992 Economics & Finance, Global Business

Present-day companies are under great pressure to adapt to the evolving competitive scenarios. In Global, Starr addresses former successful firms that must now address the problems of growing old and slowing down in a...

 
 
The Sources of Innovation Von Hippel, Eric Oxford University Press , 1988 Innovation, Management

The old assumption that manufacturers always develop innovations with their ears tuned to customer needs is often wrong. Innovation comes from various places and usually depends on the field in question. It may come...

 
 
Mastering the Information Age McCarthy, Michael J. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. , 1991 Human Resources, Technology

McCarthy suggests in Mastering the Information Age, that we metabolize thoughts, feelings, sounds, colors, smells, etc. Also, he projects that because integrity and ethics will be the major concern of...

 
 
The Information-Based Corporation Vincent, David R. Dow Jones-Irwin , 1990 Business Strategy, Technology

The shift from an industrial economy to an information-based economy will have a major impact on the value of information and information technology. In order to fully harness the information potential, we need to...

 
 
Idea Power VanGundy, Arthur B. AMACOM , 1992 Innovation

To become more competitive, many companies now focus on creativity in solving business problems. Arthur VanGundy shatters the notion that creativity belongs to those "creative types" who exist apart from the real world...

 
 
Green Tech Webber, Lawrence | Wallace, Michael AMACOM , 2009 Social Responsibility, Technology

Green technology has historically battled a reputation for being an anti-industry, back-to-nature philosophy, but the truth is that “going green” is simply another term for the efficient use of technology — and more...

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