Serendipitous and strategic innovation : a systems approach to managing science-based innovation
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Serendipitous and strategic innovation : a systems approach to managing science-based innovation
(Technology, innovation, and knowledge management series)
Praeger, c2006
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-258) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Innovation is a time-consuming process that involves invention as a beginning and a marketable service or product as an end. But innovation itself, once concluded, is not necessarily a constructive act as some innovations yield positive and some negative results. The way we recognize and develop innovation-so often a serendipitous and almost invisible act in its beginning-is thus a matter of primary importance in today's world where new thoughts and products play such a crucial role in economies across the globe. Nowhere is the general support structure required for success in innovation more starkly illuminated than in the fields of science and medicine, where human well-being is so manifestly at stake.
In this work, which draws together the perspectives of a multidisciplinary group of professionals-medical doctors, innovation policy analysts, and academics in business management-Shantha Liyanage and his colleagues provide a thorough examination of the technology innovation process, and display its critical links with organizational functions, so the innovative capacities of organizations can be better prepared to meet the rapid changes of our age.
Table of Contents
List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Four Pillars of Innovation: Complexity and Systems Thinking by Shantha Liyanage Leading with Innovation by Shantha Liyanage and Alan J. Jones Growth Through Proximity in Innovation by Shantha Liyanage with Marie Wilson and Alan J. Jones Aggregating Systems of Innovation by Alan J. Jones and Shantha Liyanage Capacity Building in Health Innovation by Stephen Hunyor and Shantha Liyanage Relating and Innovating: Human and Cultural Barriers to Innovation by Peter Gluckman and Shantha Liyanage The Business of Science-Based Innovation by Shantha Liyanage and Jan Annerstedt Synthesis--All Contributors Bibliograpy Index About the Authors
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