The Innovation Ultimatum
The Innovation Ultimatum

Author: Steve Brown

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-02-05

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1119615429

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Prepares leaders for the 2020s—an accessible guide to the key technologies that will reshape business in the coming decade Most businesses identify six key digital technologies—artificial intelligence (AI), distributed ledgers and blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous machines, virtual and augmented reality, and 5G communication—as critical to their relevance and growth over the coming ten years. These new disruptive technologies present significant opportunity for businesses in every industry. The first businesses to understand automation and these transformative technologies will be the ones to reap the greatest rewards in the marketplace. The Innovation Ultimatum helps leaders understand the key technologies poised to reshape business in the next decade and prepare their organizations for technology-enabled change. Using straightforward, jargon-free language, this important resource provides a set of strategic questions every leader will need to ask and answer in order to prepare for the impending changes to the business landscape. Author Steve Brown shares his insights to help leaders take full advantage of the next wave of digital transformation and describes compelling examples of how businesses are already embracing new technologies to optimize operations, create new value, and serve customers in new ways. Written for anyone that wants to understand how automation and new technology will fundamentally restructure business, this book enables readers to: Understand the implications of technology-driven change across industrial sectors Apply important insights to their own business Gain competitive advantage by implementing new technologies Prepare for the future of work and understand the skills needed to thrive in a post-automation economy Adopt critical digital technologies in any organization Providing invaluable cutting-edge content, The Innovation Ultimatum is a much-needed source of guidance and inspiration for business leaders, board members, C-suite executives, and senior managers who need to prepare their businesses for the future.

From Incremental to Exponential
From Incremental to Exponential

Author: Vivek Wadhwa

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 152308958X

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“This timely book reminds us that innovation is agnostic about where it's created.” —Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Over and over, we see big legacy businesses getting beaten to the punch by energetic little start-ups. It seems like innovation can come from only the bottom up or from the outside in. But tech experts Vivek Wadwha and Ismail Amla are here to tell you that “big equals slow and stodgy” is a myth. Based on decades of experience working with both the world's leading brands and disruptive start-ups, this book explores the opportunity legacy companies have to create new markets, supercharge growth, and remake their businesses by combining the mindset and tool belt of start-ups with the benefits of incumbency: boatloads of customer data, decades of brand equity, robust distribution channels, enormous financial assets, and more. Wadhwa and Amla go deeply into why the pace and dynamics of innovation have changed so dramatically in recent years and show how companies can overcome obstacles like the Eight Deadly Sins of Stasis. Equally important, they provide a playbook on how to use their insights in your own company, team, or career. This fast-paced, anecdote-rich story rethinks modern innovation—a book every manager, executive, and ambitious employee will want to read.

Iconic Advantage
Iconic Advantage

Author: Soon Yu

Publisher: Savio Republic

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1682615413

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Modern business gurus all cry for the need to innovate, to disrupt, and to act like a startup. It’s hard to argue with that kind of thinking. It’s sexy and exciting. But it’s wrong. Too many businesses become enamored by shiny new objects and end up overlooking the value locked away in their existing products. Maybe your business is one of them. Iconic Advantage® is a different approach that allows companies to leverage what they already have to create lasting differentiation and deeper relationships with their customers. It generates disproportionate levels of profit and protects you against market fluctuations. Many of the world’s most successful brands have been using it for years. Now, you can benefit from reaching iconic status, whether you’re a Fortune 500, local pizza parlor, or an aspiring Unicorn startup. “Soon has an uncanny ability to take mysteries and turn them into heuristics. He’s done it on innovation and design, and now with Iconic Advantage.”—Roger Martin, author of Playing to Win and Former Dean of the Rotman School of Business “This book explains why some brands are built to last and others seem doomed to perish. It’s a framework that every marketer can put into play right away.”—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg

Innovation Strategy
Innovation Strategy

Author: Howard Rasheed

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1469780453

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Innovation Strategy: Seven Keys to Creative Leadership and a Sustainable Business Model provides a blueprint for success in leading an innovation renaissance in your industry and organization. This book introduces the Six Step Collective Intelligence system and the Idea Accelerator software, ground breaking tools that will prepare you for the role of Innovation Strategist in the new global economy. This book reveals strategies for becoming a creative leader, developing an innovation ecosystem, and winning the future using best practice case studies. You will learn how to intentionally create disruption, inspire creative intelligence, design a sustainable business model, and harness the creativity of your stakeholders using collaborative technology. These tools will help you craft strategic foresight studies, commercialize technology, create new ventures, or reinvent your business model in a way that is attainable for organizations of any size, from small mom and pop businesses to the largest corporations and government agencies.

Fabricating Architecture
Fabricating Architecture

Author: Robert Corser

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2010-04-07

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781568988894

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With the increasing speed and power of personal computers and the decreasing cost of specialized tools like building information and engineering analysis software, laser cutters and CNC routers, architects have a growing toolkit of digital design and manufacturing resources at their disposal. But can the availability of new technologies really be expected to bring about a true revolution in the field of architecture? Fabricating Architecture addresses the broad range of issues that grow out of these emerging technological innovations. Gathered together for the first time are twelve key essays by important critics, theorists, and architects on this timely and essential topic.

Engineering a Better Future
Engineering a Better Future

Author: Eswaran Subrahmanian

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-11-12

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 3319911341

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This open access book examines how the social sciences can be integrated into the praxis of engineering and science, presenting unique perspectives on the interplay between engineering and social science. Motivated by the report by the Commission on Humanities and Social Sciences of the American Association of Arts and Sciences, which emphasizes the importance of social sciences and Humanities in technical fields, the essays and papers collected in this book were presented at the NSF-funded workshop ‘Engineering a Better Future: Interplay between Engineering, Social Sciences and Innovation’, which brought together a singular collection of people, topics and disciplines. The book is split into three parts: A. Meeting at the Middle: Challenges to educating at the boundaries covers experiments in combining engineering education and the social sciences; B. Engineers Shaping Human Affairs: Investigating the interaction between social sciences and engineering, including the cult of innovation, politics of engineering, engineering design and future of societies; and C. Engineering the Engineers: Investigates thinking about design with papers on the art and science of science and engineering practice.

The Innovative Lean Enterprise
The Innovative Lean Enterprise

Author: Anthony Sgroi, Jr.

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-08-19

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1482203901

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Explaining how to use Lean principles to drive innovation and strategic portfolio planning, The Innovative Lean Enterprise: Using the Principles of Lean to Create and Deliver Innovation to Customers outlines simple, yet powerful, visual Lean tools that can enhance idea generation and product development. It starts with a discussion of Lean principles and then identifies the applicable portions of Lean that can drive customer value. The book discusses customer value in the form of the benefits your customers desire. It walks you through the processes of using Lean techniques to effectively evaluate the quality of any prospective marketing opportunity and includes examples from a variety of industries, including healthcare. The text discusses value creation, reduction of waste, entrepreneurial system designer, set-based concurrent engineering, and Lean project management. It also includes numerous examples of visual management tools as they apply to innovation to help you develop the understanding required to achieve a competitive advantage for your brand, division, or company through Lean.

Innovation Through Cooperation
Innovation Through Cooperation

Author: Georg Weiers

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-09-26

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 3319000950

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Many people have great ideas. Without the necessary skills and means most never get to realize them. If they could cooperate with competent firms and entrepreneurs together both could achieve much and this is increasingly happening. Mechanisms are being established making a division of labour between inventors and implementers a reality. This is changing the nature of innovation from an internal R&D, or purely entrepreneurial attempt, to a more cooperative innovation. An Idea Economy emerges, where anyone has the possibility to profit from their ideas, and everyone will benefit from more and better innovation. This book presents us the emergence and structure of the Idea Economy by extending the seminal concepts of Entrepreneurial Society and Open Innovation. Part I describes the big picture on how innovation is evolving, where we are today, and what an Idea Economy will look like. Part II points the way forward, discussing in detail on how cooperation in the innovation process works, and why this is only recently becoming possible. ​

Emergent Research on Business and Society: An India-Centric Perspective
Emergent Research on Business and Society: An India-Centric Perspective

Author: Uday Salunkhe

Publisher: Transnational Press London

Published: 2023-10-09

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1801352305

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This book edited by Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Dr. V. Kumar, Prof. Dr. D.N. Murthy, and Bharath Rajan brings together critical and up to date analysis by more than 30 experts on business and management research in India. The editors offer a scoping review management research in the Indian context and reflect on ways in which this strand of research can help better understanding and solving business and societal challenges. Herein, twelve chapters presented in the volume collectively illustrate the emerging research insights for business and society as seen from the perspective of India. Along with some key insights identified, authors also explore possible avenues for future research in three key areas, namely, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, and the implementation of sustainable practices. Contents: CHAPTER 1 MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN INDIA: NEWER INSIGHTS. 13 Bharath Rajan and V. Kumar CHAPTER 2 THE CHANGING PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA 25 D. Narasimha Murthy and Fathima Raj Kilimas CHAPTER 3 CAN ASSORTMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE BE DETERMINANTS OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE ONLINE GROCERY INDUSTRY 49 Malabika Purkayastha and Chandra Sen Mazumdar CHAPTER 4 AN ANALYSIS OF GEN Z'S PERCEPTIONS OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED GIG JOBS 69 Asha Mathew, Ishani Chakraborty, and Rajakumar Alagar CHAPTER 5 UNDERSTANDING CREATIVITY: A STUDY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRAITS OF NOBEL LAUREATES AND THEIR ECOSYSTEMS AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON CORPORATE INNOVATION.. 87 Kaustubh Dhargalkar CHAPTER 6 COGNITIVE BIASES THAT INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THE DECISION-MAKING OF INVESTORS. 113 Arnita Sur , Joseph Durai Selvam , Nagendra BV, and Ganesh. L CHAPTER 7 EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS IN SHAPING TOURIST MOTIVATION FOR RURAL TOURISM... 143 Mahalakshmi S and Bharath. H CHAPTER 8 IMPACT OF CHATGPT ON THE SERVICE SECTOR AND STUDENTS IN INDIA 159 Manushree NK Shah and Kamini Khanna CHAPTER 9 INFLUENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ON COMPANIES’ MARKETING STRATEGIES. 171 Vijaya Kumar Bhima Rao, Dakshina Murthy, Kiran. G, and Madhava Murthy CHAPTER 10 STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION OF MINOR MILLETS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN MAHARASHTRA DISTRICTS. 197 Vandana Panwar, Sujitsinh Subhash Dubal, and Deepak Gajanan Deshmukh CHAPTER 11 CLUSTERING OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES IN INDIA BASED ON CYBERCRIMES 231 Manas Shrivastav, Muthulakshmi Subramanian, Tejaswi Harsh, Vanee Subramanian, Ankit Ajay, Rijan Gaha, Nagendra BV, Joseph Durai Selvam, and Ganesh. L CHAPTER 12 EXPLORING THE GENDER GAP IN VOTER TURNOUT IN THE 2022 GUJARAT ASSEMBLY ELECTION.. 263 Ashutosh Dutt, Ashima Mahto, and Aditya Basu CHAPTER 13 GREEN BANKING: INITIATIVES BY THE INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.. 283 Aniket Subhash Sakhare, Jinal Mukesh Soni, and Shubham Pradip Badgujar