Value Innovation Works: Move Mountains.Deliver Sustainable, Profitable Growth. Deliver Exceptional Value to the Most Important Customers i

Goodrich, Nina E.; Lee, Lin; Frey, Peter

ISBN 10: 1470020572 / ISBN 13: 9781470020576

Editore: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1470020572I4N00

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This is a “How To Do It” book written by practitioners who have sat in the reader’s chair. Our Goal: Deliver the definitive book on innovation by walking through the 10-Step Value Innovation Process from start to finish using a down to earth, pragmatic approach. By defining how to deliver exceptional value to the most important customer in the value chain, all the time, every time, it enables Blue Ocean Strategy. The end result: sustainable, profitable growth. Throughout the book, case studies and examples are provided for companies the reader can relate to (e.g., ADM, Aplicare, Chevron, Dyson, Procter and Gamble, RE/MAX International, Samsung, Southwest Airlines, Terex Mining, Thermo King, Virgin Group, plus many more). Each of the tools is explained and examples provided. Each chapter ends with a "Next Steps" and "Takeaways" sections. Any organization of any size, whether its for profit or not-for-profit, whether it’s a manufacturing or services based company, a federal, state or local government agency, an association or charitable organization, a university, school or school board, can benefit from Mastering Value Innovation. As long as there’s a customer you can use Value Innovation methodology and tools. The target audiences are: CEO’s, COO’s, VPs, directors, managers and project leaders of publicly traded and privately held companies; deans and professors at universities and business schools; students; officials at the local, State and Federal government level; School board members and school districts; Staffs of not-for-profit organizations and Associations .

Informazioni sull?autore: Dick is CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of Value Innovations, Inc (Vi). Dick has had full P&L responsibility for operating units of Fortune 500 Companies and led R&D organizations. He served as VP, Strategic Business Operations, Johns Manville Corporation; VP R&D for Pharmaseal, a division of American Hospital Supply; VP, Onan Corporation and GM, Elgar Corporation (McGraw Edison Corporation) VP and GM, the Portable Battery Division of Gould Inc.; and Manager, Vehicle Emission Control R&D, UOP Inc. Dick has delivered >100 workshops and webinars to >300 clients and led consulting projects for clients in North America and Europe, including: ADM, Albany International, American Vanguard, Ashland Chemical, Octel, AstenJohnson, Bobcat, Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies, Cargill, Champion Technologies, Chevron, Ciba Corning Diagnostics, Ciba Geigy, Exxon Research and Engineering, Gates Corporation, Genencor, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Great Lakes Chemical, Hussmann, Honeywell, Ingersoll-Rand, Johns Manville, Johnson Controls, KBR, Kennametal, Millipore, Mobil Oil, Nanophase, Novamin (acquired by gsk in 2009), Ontex, PG&E, Philip Morris USA, P&G, Raychem, SAIC, Sherwin Williams, and Thermo King. Dick was Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Summit 91, for which he authored a videotape entitled; U.S. Competitiveness: – a Crisis! Summit 91 brought together leaders from industry, academia (Lester Thurow, MIT; George Cabot Lodge and Bruce Scott, Harvard Business School), government (then HUD Secretary, Jack Kemp), and other key players (Clyde Prestowitz, President of the Economic Strategy Institute, and Kent Hughes, President of the Council on Competitiveness). Dick is a past Member of the Board of Directors, Industrial Research Institute and has chaired its Emeriti Activity Group. Dick has a BS degree from the University of London (1964) and was awarded a Fulbright Travel Scholarship. He has an MS from Northwestern University (1965), and earned a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of London (1968). He is cited in Who's Who in America (since 1992) and is a winner of an IR-100 Award (Zinc/Air Hearing Aid Button Cells, 1978). Dick is networked at the first level to >1,700 business professionals on LinkedIn. Dick is a UK subject and a Permanent Resident of the US. He travels frequently to Europe and The Far East. Dick enjoys golf and skiing with his wife Lin. His daughters, Sonja & Alyssa, are married with two sons each.

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Titolo: Value Innovation Works: Move ...
Casa editrice: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
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