Since the 1990s, Japanese firms have sought to expand their capacity for innovation by incorporating Western management … successful — Japanese firms are presently at the forefront of technological and service innovation in areas such as digital … features: the vertical value chain model, cross-industry collaboration, dynamic knowledge integration, and strategic innovation …

Innovation is widely recognized as a major source of modern productivity growth. Indeed, it is seen as constituting a … is close to 60%. This book studies the strategy and mechanism of leveraging innovation capability in China's SMEs by … applying the theory of Total Innovation Management (TIM), which is the new paradigm of managing innovation in enterprises …

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responsible innovation at the very core of innovation strategies and processes. Based on extensive academic research and … innovation for leaders and managers. It will also provide a process for implementing responsible innovation into an organization … Innovation Concept</li><li>The Uncertain Nature of the Innovation Environment</li><li>A Global Integration of Responsible …

variety of practical and implementable perspectives on innovation for managers. In addition, the book contains chapters that … provide reviews of the academic research on innovation in the faculty members' specific areas of expertise. In taking this … multifunctional approach to innovation, the focus of the book is not just on what is currently considered to be ¡°best practice …

The concept of open innovation has become increasingly popular in the management and policy literature on technology … and innovation. However, despite the large volume of empirical work, many of the prescriptions being proposed are fairly … general and not specific to particular contexts and contingencies. The proponents of open innovation are universally positive …

This book argues for the need to make design the driving force for propelling innovation, as it provides important … impetus for innovation, realizing dreams and obtaining a different focus from cost, technology, or production processes …, providing the reader-practitioner hands-on, but sometimes provocative advice. The Design-Inspired Innovation Workbook is an …

There has been a dramatic shift towards more open, democratised, forms of innovation that are driven by networks of … individual users. Users are now visibly active within all stages of the innovation process and across many types of industrial … products and services, and firms can no longer control the innovation agenda. This developing phenomenon has large implications …