Success in Innovation

Jan Verloop

ISBN 10: 0123978890 / ISBN 13: 9780123978899

Editore: Elsevier Science Apr 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Success in Innovation tackles its subject from a novel perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success stories and methods. But innovation is risky business and most innovative ideas fail. By understanding the typical pitfalls and hurdles in the process, and how to avoid or manage them, readers can significantly improve their chances of success. Success in Innovation is broad in scope and useful to managers, consultants, entrepreneurs, tech start-ups - anyone with a stake in new and powerful ideas, products, businesses, or methods. This book helps readers work smarter, not simply more. 140 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Success in Innovation
• Editore: Elsevier Science Apr 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0123978890
• ISBN 13: 9780123978899
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

Success in Innovation tackles its subject from a novel perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success stories and methods. But innovation is risky business and most innovative ideas fail. By understanding the typical pitfalls and hurdles in the process, and how to avoid or manage them, readers can significantly improve their chances of success.

Success in Innovation is broad in scope and useful to managers, consultants, entrepreneurs, tech start-ups - anyone with a stake in new and powerful ideas, products, businesses, or methods. This book helps readers work smarter, not simply more.

• Provides guidelines for assessing innovative ideas
• Includes methods for valuing innovation
• Discusses the danger points in the innovation process
• Explains the planning and development processes
• Includes innovation models
• Discusses the methods for risk assessment

Informazioni sull?autore

Jan Verloop is consultant in innovation. Besides innovation he has extensive experience in process and product R&D. He advises both start-up and multinationals in Europe, Asia, and America and has built up first-hand experience with successful and failed innovation projects. He is a non-executive director of Oxford Catalysts, a very successful start-up company which started in the cellars of Oxford University and now has facilities in the UK and the USA. He has lectured and advised on innovation in developing countries at major international conferences and smaller think-tanking sessions with heads of state and leaders in government and business.