Insourcing Innovation

Innovation is central to business success, yet no other aspect of business is as frustrating and out of control. Instead of occurring in fits and starts and str

Businesses spend billions on innovation with very little to show for their investment or effort. This book challenges some of the ‘ingrained truths’ of inno

This book highlights the economic relevance of the so-called low-tech industries and firms. Non R&D intensive firms continue to be the economic backbone of seve

Innovative ruptures of traditional boundaries in value chains are requiring companies to rethink how they go to market, what they need to own, what they need to

Process innovations - an improved way of doing things – help firms achieve higher-level performance by reducing the time and cost to produce a product or perf

Many firms are now developing policies for outsourcing IT and other basic functions, this book analyses this issue from the perspective of both the outsourcer a

A compendium of tools and techniques that every innovator needs The Innovator's Toolkit is an essential companion for every innovator, innovation team leader, o

Software development continues to be an ever-evolving field as organizations require new and innovative programs that can be implemented to make processes more

Explore the science, management, economy, ecology, and engineering of corrosion management and prevention In Management of Corrosion: A Smarter, More Innovative

Organization scholars have long acknowledged that control processes are integral to the way in which organizations function. While control theory research spans