Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation (Pisano Gary P.)(Pevná vazba)

Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation (Pisano Gary P.)(Pevná vazba)

This myth-busting book shows large companies can construct a strategy, system, and culture of innovation that creates sustained growth. Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a

Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation Into Your Company's DNA (Weber Karl)(Pevná vazba)

Drive and leverage continuous innovation to meet the challenges of digital disruption, changing markets, evolving customer needs, and increasingly fierce competition A major question on the mind of every business leader today is: What can I do to create extra value for my company and the customers

The Conflicted Superpower: America's Collaboration with China and India in Global Innovation (Kennedy Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

For decades, leadership in technological innovation has sustained U.S. power worldwide. Today, however, processes that undergird innovation increasingly transcend national borders. Cross-border flows of brainpower have reached unprecedented heights, while multinationals invest more and more in

Revolutionizing Innovation - Users, Communities, and Open Innovation(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of the emerging paradigm of user and open innovation, offering both theoretical and empirical perspectives.The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models of managing and organizing the innovation process that emphasizes users

The Psychological Construction of Emotion (Barrett Lisa Feldman)(Pevná vazba)

The Construction of Words: Advances in Construction Morphology (Booij Geert)(Pevná vazba)

This volume focuses on detailed studies of various aspects of Construction Morphology, and combines theoretical analysis and descriptive detail. These are the recipes for coining new words and word forms, and they motivate the properties of existing complex

Laboratory Lifestyles: The Construction of Scientific Fictions (Kaji-O'Grady Sandra)(Pevná vazba)

Innovation for Engineers: Developing Creative and Entrepreneurial Success (Mehregany Mehran)(Pevná vazba)

Teaches concepts and practices for driving creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship Discusses personal considerations for success and happiness over one's course of careerDescribes the power of observation and imagination--the OR Mindset--for in driving innovationPresents a

Innovation in Financial Services - A Dual Ambiguity(Pevná vazba)

This book gathers together some of the most up-to-date thinking in the growing field of innovation in services and more particularly, in financial services. It explores the peculiarities of innovation in financial services firms and surrounding market players, discusses the open nature of the

Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth (Radjou Navi)(Pevná vazba)

'Jugaad Innovation is the most comprehensive book yet to appear on the subject [of frugal innovation].' --The Economist A frugal and flexible approach to innovation for the 21st century Innovation is a key directive at companies worldwide. But in these tough times, we can't rely on the old formula

Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean (Verganti Roberto)(Pevná vazba)

Until now, the literature on innovation has focused either on radical innovation pushed by technology or incremental innovation pulled by the market. In Design-Driven Innovation: How to Compete by Radically Innovating the Meaning of Products, Roberto Verganti introduces a third strategy, a radical

Your Brain on Exercise (Wenk Gary L.)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed neuroscientist Gary Wenk reveals the fascinating impacts of exercise on the brain Decades of research demonstrate that regular modest levels of exercise improve heart and lung function and may relieve joint pain. Regular daily exercise will help your body to regulate blood sugar levels

The New Geography of Innovation: Clusters, Competitiveness and Theory (Tinguely Xavier)(Pevná vazba)

Innovation is the main engine of competitiveness. However, in a world in which everything goes faster, the inherent nature of the innovation process has changed. This book assesses both the theoretically and empirically intertwined relationship between innovation, clusters and multinational

The Architecture of Health - Daniel A. Barber, Michael P. Murphy, Jeffrey Mansfield

A story about the design and life of hospitals—how they are born and evolve, the forces that shape them and the shifts that conspire to incapacitate them Reading architecture through the history of hospitals offers a tool for unlocking the elemental principles of architecture and the intractable

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms (Furman Jeffrey)(Pevná vazba)

Despite recent advances in our understanding of how innovation and entrepreneurship impact the creation and appropriation of value, numerous questions remain unanswered. This volume draws together scholars working at the forefront of entrepreneurship-, strategy-, and innovation-related domains to

Lean Innovation: A Fast Path from Knowledge to Value (Sehested Claus)(Pevná vazba)

Part I Understanding the Background.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 The Potential of Lean Innovation.- Part II Understanding the Fundamentals.- Chapter 2 Understanding Innovation.- Chapter 3 Understanding Lean Innovation.- Part III Achieving Success with Lean Innovation.- Chapter 4 Releasing the

Pay Attention, Carter Jones (Schmidt Gary D.)(Pevná vazba)

Bestselling author Gary D. Schmidt tells a coming-of-age story with the light touch of The Wednesday Wars, the heart of Okay for Now, and the unique presence of a wise and witty butler. Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the

Over at the Construction Site (Wise Bill)(Pevná vazba)

Come to the construction site where there's a whole lot of activity going on With its irresistible rhyme, plus a fun counting element, this picture book will become every truck-loving toddler's favorite. Spend a day with mommy and daddy construction vehicles--bulldozers, front loaders, cement

India as a Pioneer of Innovation (Singh Harbir)(Pevná vazba)

What does innovation mean to and in India? What are the predominant sites of activity where Indians innovate, and under what situations do they work or fail? This book addresses these all-important questions arising within diverse Indian contexts: informal economy, low-cost settings, large business

The Emergence of Footballing Cultures: Manchester, 1840-1919 (James Gary)(Pevná vazba)

This study of Manchester football during the period 1840 to 1919, by leading sports historian Gary James, contextualises the sport's emergence, development and establishment through to its position as the city's leading team sport, and identifies the communities who developed

The Ultimate Construction Site Book (Baumann Anne-Sophie)(Pevná vazba)

Experience the sounds, sights, and activity of a construction site: A crane lifts steel bars for a skyscraper, a tunnel boring machine digs underground... Best of all, lots of flaps, popups, pull-tabs, and rotating wheels bring trucks, bridges, and structures to life. Readers will learn how roller

Visible Costs and Invisible Benefits: Military Procurement as Innovation Policy (Eliasson Gunnar)(Pevná vazba)

Examines the role of public procurement of military products on innovation policyQuantifies civilian spillovers from regional military product development projects from around the world Provides a comparative analysis of cost benefit calculation

Salt, Butter, Bones - Mastering the art of great cooking (Pisani Nicole)(Pevná vazba)

100 innovative recipes exploring the primal elements of cooking, from celebrated chef Nicole

The Thank You Economy (Vaynerchuk Gary)(Pevná vazba)

'Gary Vaynerchuk has seen the future of marketing. The Thank You Economy shows how it's built on both the time-honored techniques of listening to and appreciating customers and newer services like Twitter that allow you to engage directly with customers at unprecedented scale and speed. The book,