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Innovation and Technology in Sports: Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation and Technology in Sports, (ICITS) 2022, Malaysia (Lecture Notes in Bioengineering)
by Syed Faris Syed Omar Mohd Hasnun Arif Hassan Alexander Casson Alan Godfrey Anwar P. P. Abdul MajeedThis book presents the proceedings of ICITS 2022 covering different tracks in the field of Sports Engineering and Technology, namely, Instrumentation, Materials, Data Analytics, Biomechanics, Simulation, Equipment Design and Performance Analysis, amongst others. This collection of articles deliberates the key challenges as well as technological innovations that facilitate the enhancement of sporting performance. The readers are expected to gain an insightful view on the current trends, issues, mitigating factors, technological innovations as well as proposed solutions.
Innovation, Complexity and Economic Evolution: From Theory to Policy (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy)
by Pier Paolo SaviottiIf evolutionary economics is to compete with neoclassical economics as a general-purpose economic theory, it needs to incorporate new aspects of socioeconomic reality, such as institutions of all types, including technical, scientific, and political. Furthermore, evolutionary economics needs to be able to provide policy implications at least as interesting as those of neoclassical economics. Thus, as this book argues, evolutionary economics must become evolutionary political economy. Innovation plays a central role in the book, but not in the sense of providing a technologically determinist interpretation. Rather, the book argues that innovations do not emerge in isolation from other components of socioeconomic systems but coevolve with institutions, infrastructures and organizational forms. This concept of coevolution is absolutely central in the book and provides a link with theories of complexity. In addition to providing an epistemological basis for evolutionary economics, the link with complexity and coevolution offers the connection with evolutionary political economy. Innovations and technologies do not emerge and develop in an institutional vacuum, but interact with existing institutions and reshape them, in addition to inducing the formation of new institutions. In this process, technologies and institutions reinforce each other providing a potential mechanism to transform socioeconomic systems. The book also explores the policy implications of these innovative societies, where wealth is created but unequally distributed. The book is addressed to open-minded economists, social scientists who are dissatisfied with the approach of neoclassical economics, technologists and policy makers.
Innovation Diffusion Models: Theory and Practice
by Mariangela GuidolinInnovation Diffusion Models Understand innovation diffusion models and their role in business success Innovation diffusion models are statistical models that predict the medium- and long-term sales performance of new products on a market. They account for numerous factors that contribute to the life cycle of a new product and are subject to continuous reassessment as markets transform and the business world becomes more complex. In a modern market environment where product life cycles are becoming ever shorter, the latest innovation diffusion models are essential for businesses looking to perfect their decision-making processes. Innovation Diffusion Models: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to these models and their potential to impact product development. It focuses on the latest product diffusion models, which combine time series analysis with nonlinear regression techniques to create increasingly refined predictions. Its combination of mathematical theory and business practice makes it an indispensable tool across many sectors of industry and commerce. Innovation Diffusion Models readers will also find: Real-world examples demonstrating the kinds of data sets generated by new product growth models and their potential applications Discussion of the factors underlying the decision to select a given growth model for a particular product Clear, detailed explanation of each model’s explanatory ability Innovation Diffusion Models is an essential volume for practitioners in any field of industry or commerce, as well as for graduate students and researchers in business and finance.
Innovation-Driven Business and Sustainability in the Tropics: Proceedings of the Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference 2023 (SEIGOP 2023)
by Emiel L. Eijdenberg Malobi Mukherjee Jacob WoodThe edited volume presents the conference proceedings from the “Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Operational Psychology Conference 2023” (SEIGOP 2023), organized by the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) at James Cook University, Singapore. This edited volume places the highly dynamic, but also, jeopardized climatological – geographical region of the Tropics centre stage. The region is developing rapidly, with significant progress being made through the development of innovative technologies. The Tropics represent a region in which people live amid the greatest level of biodiversity anywhere on the planet. Nonetheless, propelled by rapid population growth, the Tropics is a region on the rise, with higher living standards and increased levels of international trade and investment. Densely populated emerging countries like India, Indonesia and Nigeria will be among the largest economies of the world by the end of the century. These upward socioeconomic trends are compromised by the impact of climate change on the Tropics’ biodiversity. Such developments have forced policymakers, businesses, and local communities to search for more sustainable and creative ways to live and work. For these reasons, this edited volume presents theory-driven conceptual, qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies on the impact of innovation-driven businesses on the complex interplay of socio-cultural, economic, and environmental factors in the Tropics.
Innovation for Environmentally-friendly Food Production and Food Safety in China (Sustainability Sciences in Asia and Africa)
by Nicholas Clarke Deliang Peng Jihong Liu ClarkeThe edited volume focuses on modern agro-technologies for achieving climate smart agriculture in China and meeting the UN sustainable development goals (especially SDGs 2, 13, and 15). It describes the technologies being adopted in China for meeting food security challenges, with the main focus being on soils. China is a large and diverse country, and what happens there has a global impact. In the past decades, China has achieved remarkable increases in food production, feeding nearly 20% of the world population with less than 10% of the arable land. This great achievement was mainly based on the intensive use of chemical inputs like fertilizers and pesticides, which in turn caused environmental pollution and food safety issues. China has fully realized this important issue and has adopted a “Zero Growth” policy to restrict the further increase in chemical fertilizers after 2020. Chinese scientists have developed regional optimum crop management practices and guidelines to increase crop yield and nutrient use efficiencies compared with current farming practices. Chinese agricultural soil is also currently in critical condition with severe environmental pollution. These agricultural practices need improvement to maintain sustainable food production with minimum environmental footprint. At present, the traditional mode of agricultural production in China is difficult to sustain. This book offers case studies and sustainable solutions for transforming agricultural sciences in China. The book is a useful reading material for stakeholders such as governments, policymakers, research institutions, and farmers.
Innovation for Social Change: How Wildly Successful Nonprofits Inspire and Deliver Results
by Leah KralTransform your nonprofit&’s ability to innovate for the future In Innovation for Social Change, distinguished author Leah Kral delivers a practical manual for nonprofits and charitable organizations seeking to innovate their way toward new and exciting possibilities. In the book, you&’ll explore hands-on design thinking strategies and techniques you can use as a disciplined process for exploring what&’s possible in your organization. You&’ll learn how to identify hidden needs, deal with the knock-on effects of your ideas, and focus your efforts where they can have the most impact. You&’ll also discover how to transform your ideas into action, building small experiments and learning from them before scaling them up organization-wide, and how to create an ecosystem for everyday innovation. Finally, the author explains what we can learn from social entrepreneurs as they boldly challenge the status quo. The book also includes: Six basic and mutually reinforcing principles that will help you become more innovative today Instructive and engaging case studies from nonprofits with a variety of missions, visions, and political backgrounds Strategies for applying straightforward principles from economics to supercharge nonprofit innovationA can&’t-miss roadmap to creative innovation, Innovation for Social Change will earn a place in the libraries of nonprofit board members, managers, fundraisers, and other professionals in the charitable space.
Innovation in Crisis Management (Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society)
by Chiara Fonio Adam Widera Tomasz ZwęglińskiThis book deals with how to measure innovation in crisis management, drawing on data, case studies, and lessons learnt from different European countries. The aim of this book is to tackle innovation in crisis management through lessons learnt and experiences gained from the implementation of mixed methods through a practitioner-driven approach in a large-scale demonstration project (DRIVER+). It explores innovation from the perspective of the end-users by focusing on the needs and problems they are trying to address through a tool (be it an app, a drone, or a training program) and takes a deep dive into what is needed to understand if and to what extent the tool they have in mind can really bring innovation. This book is a toolkit for readers interested in understanding what needs to be in place to measure innovation: it provides the know-how through examples and best practices. The book will be a valuable source of knowledge for scientists, practitioners, researchers, and postgraduate students studying safety, crisis management, and innovation.
Innovation in Electronic Health Records for Oncology Care, Research, and Surveillance: Proceedings Of A Workshop
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Health and Medicine Division Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Board on Health Care Services National Cancer Policy ForumElectronic Health Records (EHRs) are used across a wide variety of activities in cancer care and cancer research, including communication among health care team members and patients, clinical documentation and treatment planning, patient safety and quality improvement, scheduling and billing, as well as clinical research and disease surveillance activities. On February 28 and March 1, 2022, the National Cancer Policy Forum and the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop to examine opportunities to improve patient care and outcomes through collaborations to enhance innovation in the development, implementation, and use of EHRs in oncology care, research, and surveillance. This Proceedings of a Workshop summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place at the workshop.
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Southern Caribbean (New Language Learning and Teaching Environments)
by Diego Mideros Nicole Roberts Beverly-Anne Carter Hayo ReindersThis book presents a unique perspective from an underrepresented region in the Global South. The volume features four different countries in the region: Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Martinique, an island located just north of St. Lucia which is an overseas region of France. It documents innovations in learning and teaching Spanish, French, and Chinese in the case of the English-speaking countries, and English as a foreign language (EFL) in the case of Martinique. The chapters cover different aspects of language education in the Caribbean and will be of particular interest to those involved in managing change in language education that attempts to mediate between global trends and local needs.
Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment (New Language Learning and Teaching Environments)
by Sin Wang Chong Hayo ReindersThis edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses. Learning-oriented language assessment refers to language assessment strategies that capitalise on learner differences and their relationships with the learning environments. In other words, learners are placed at the centre of the assessment process and its outcomes. The book features 17 chapters on learning-oriented language assessment practices in China, Brazil, Turkey, Norway, UK, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Spain. Chapters include teachers’ reflections and practical suggestions. This book will appeal to researchers, teacher educators, and language teachers who are interested in advancing research and practice of learning-oriented language assessment.
Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare: Proceedings of 11th KES-InMed 2023 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #357)
by Yen-Wei Chen Satoshi Tanaka R. J. Howlett Lakhmi C. JainThis book presents the proceedings of the KES International Conferences on Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare (KES-InMed-23), held in Rome, Italy, on June 14–16, 2023. Covering a number of key areas, including digital IT architecture in healthcare; advanced ICT for medicine and healthcare; biomedical engineering, trends, research and technologies; and healthcare support systems, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, managers, industrialists and anyone wishing to gain an overview of the latest research in these fields.
Innovation in TBM Traffic Tunnels
by Silvino Pompeu-SantosTunnel Boring Machine (TBM) constructed tunnels are widespread, and can deliver significant environmental and cost benefits. However, as noted in the noteworthy examples of TBM traffic tunnels presented in this book, there are still important challenges associated with them, linked in particular to structural safety in the event of earthquakes, as well as cost and safety issues during operation. To face these challenges, Innovation in TBM Traffic Tunnels presents three innovative concepts in the field of construction of TBM rail and road tunnels: the TISB concept that improves the structural safety of those built on soft soil in seismic areas, and the TMG and TMF concepts, for rail and road tunnels, respectively, that allow for significant reduction of their cost and the improvement of safety during operation. Examples of the application of these new concepts in the conceptual design of specific tunnel cases are presented and compared with solutions based on common approaches, demonstrating the additional benefits of these concepts. The book also draws attention to other innovations in TBM tunnelling that may improve the construction of tunnels in the future, especially when using the concepts mentioned above. Innovation in TBM Traffic Tunnels is aimed at professionals involved in the planning, design, and construction of tunnels for transport infrastructure, including authorities, consultants and construction companies, worldwide.
Innovation in the Arts: Concepts, Theories, and Practices (Routledge Focus on the Global Creative Economy)
by Jason C. WhiteThis concise guide aims to increase what we understand by innovation in the arts and identify and support opportunities and strategies for the unique ways in which artists and arts administrators think about, engage in, and pursue successful innovation in their diverse creative practice. Innovations in the Arts are often marginalised from a research perspective, in part because of the lack of a sound and compelling theoretical framework to support and explain process distinctions from business and management innovation. This book identifies three key concepts - art innovation, art movement innovation, and audience experience innovation - supported by formal theory for each concept presented and evidenced through case studies in art history. In this way, the book enables readers to identify, explain, and support their innovation efforts as visual, literary, and performing artists and arts administrators. It also explores strategies for pursuing innovation in practice. Drawing attention to the unique ways in which artists and arts administrators think about and engage in innovation, this readable book will be an essential reading for students in all aspects of the creative and cultural industries and an essential guide to developing and promoting innovation in the arts for practitioners and researchers alike.
Innovation in the Digital Economy: New Approaches to Management for Industry 5.0 (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology)
by Agnieszka Rzepka Jakub PrachowskiThe rapidly changing world requires constant revisions and adaptations to existing business strategies and models. The emerging industry 5.0 reality is forcing companies to transition to a more sustainable, human-centric, and resilient industry through innovation. This book presents concrete business models and practical frameworks to assist managers in developing and implementing innovative and robust businesses, both globally and locally. This edited collection compiles an experienced team of contributing authors with diverse academic backgrounds who cover a range of topics on different aspects of innovation, from exploring the challenges associated with industry 5.0 to incorporating artificial intelligence in modeling consumer behavior. Based on the experiences and challenges posed by recent economic developments and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the book offers the reader a chance to read case studies from global companies that have successfully implemented new innovations. Thanks to a rigorous research methodology in accordance with principles and standards recognized by the DAC Network, the book provides an actionable road map on how to change one’s innovation strategy techniques in light of changing business conditions. Innovation in the Digital Economy will be of direct interest to scholars and subject matter experts in the field of innovation management. Business leaders and reflective practitioners will find the content relevant and accessible.
Innovation, Innovators and Business: Arab World Edition
by Alexandrina Maria PauceanuThis textbook approaches innovation and innovators as two elements of an equation with business application. It discusses creativity, methods to develop creativity, design thinking, the lean startup and minimum viable product (MVP), personal development for entrepreneurs, charisma, franchising and cases from the UAE. It is designed to be a practical and up-to-date resource for an innovation and entrepreneurship course. It contains practical information about the innovation frameworks and their applicability, explanation of creativity and creative mindset, methods of innovation, design thinking in practice, lean startup methodology, charisma, setting up a business, go-to-market strategies, growth and change as well as franchise management. It comes with worksheets to help the reader in practicing. The book solves the need of having innovation resources in one place, well explained and exemplified for students, aspirant and existing entrepreneurs as well as innovation enthusiasts.
Innovation Leadership: Führung zwischen Freiheit und Norm (uniscope. Publikationen der SGO Stiftung)
by Stephanie Kaudela-Baum Jacqueline Holzer Pierre-Yves KocherWir befinden uns mitten in einer modernen industriellen Revolution, in der Innovation eine entscheidende Rolle für den Unternehmenserfolg spielt und innovationsfördernde Führung wichtiger ist denn je. Immer mehr Unternehmen integrieren Technologien wie künstliche Intelligenz, Machine Learning und Data Science in ihre Prozesse und es gilt, Mitarbeitende zu entwickeln und neu zu rekrutieren, die diese Technologien beherrschen. In diesem Buch erfahren die Leserinnen und Leser anhand zahlreicher Beispiele, wie der Drahtseilakt zwischen einer stetigen Weiterentwicklung des Kerngeschäfts und der Etablierung neuer Wege und Denkweisen durch Kreativität gelingt. Eine Fähigkeit, die gerade im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung an Bedeutung gewinnt. Die Autorinnen und der Autor richten den Fokus auf die Beziehungsgestaltung zwischen Führenden und Geführten zur Förderung der Innovationsfähigkeit und entwickeln ein Innovation- Leadership-Modell (kurz: InnoLEAD). Dieses Modell unterstützt Führungspersonen dabei, sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen Exploitation und Exploration zu orientieren und ihre eigene Rolle zu reflektieren. Zudem werden strategische, strukturelle und kulturelle Dimensionen der Organisations- und Personalentwicklung aufgegriffen. Zahlreiche Praxisbeispiele illustrieren das Modell. Für die 2. Auflage wurden neue Fallbeispiele integriert und aktuelle Theorien, Konzepte und Forschungsergebnisse aufgenommen.
Innovation, Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: Perspectives on the Covid-19 Recovery Strategies
by Parves SultanThis book explores theories and brings empirical evidence of innovations in learning and teaching and practice-driven leadership and governance of higher education institutions across developed and developing countries aiming to recover and sustain during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic. A fresh managerial approach to identifying the critical challenges, opportunities and strategies of higher education services management is the fundamental essence of this book. The book includes unique chapters, and these are carefully designed. This book has original scholarly contributions, including case studies, and explains how higher education institutions can deal with the challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The cross-cultural insights of both public and private sector higher education institutions across the globe are a helpful guide for academics, researchers, advanced students, and practitioners to identify and understand the best practices about what worked well and what did not during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The chapters help formulate a strategic recovery plan for higher education institutions to mitigate the challenges of the post-Covid-19 Pandemic.
Innovation Mechanisms in Start-ups: Practice, Strategies and Impacts (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management)
by Varun GuptaInnovation Mechanisms in Start-ups: Practice, Strategies and Impacts serves as a practical resource for startups looking for innovating their business models in domestic and global markets. This book's main objective is to describe the innovative business practices adopted by startups during the pandemic, with a special emphasis on value proposition innovation and business model innovation more generally. In order to promote open innovation, this book emphasizes the value of strategic alliances with academic libraries, peer startups, and freelancers. Additionally, using actual startup case studies, it was shown how important technological innovation is for gathering feedback, prototyping, and conducting both secondary as well as primary market research. Startups can utilize the technology evaluation and adoption frameworks as a useful reference when choosing a technology to embrace strategically. The need of regularly experimenting with new approaches, learning from mistakes, and enhancing current processes is also emphasized in this book. The ability to dispel falsehoods, capitalize on technological advancements, and form strategic alliances will be essential for innovation even in times of pandemic. This book links theoretical insights with practical experiences of startups amid the pandemic. With a perfect balance of empirical research and assessment study types, this book is a source of quick knowledge for entrepreneurs, academics and researchers on how to enhance a company’s innovative capacities and success rates. The BMI-Pandemic 2.15 model, which is an expanded version of the Odyssey 3.14 model, is presented in this book which highlight 15 guidelines to follow in order to innovate business models in pandemics. This book is suitable for Entrepreneurs, Academicians, Researcher and Technologists.
The Innovation Odyssey: Lessons from an Impossible Project
by Christophe Midler Marc Alochet Christophe De CharentenayAffordable is not typically the first adjective used to describe an electric automobile. This book traces the history of an affordable electric car, from its genesis to its marketing. This history is more than a singular adventure. It is the analysis of a project that allows us to understand the key issues of strategy and management of contemporary innovation. The book features in lessons in:• Strategy revealing the complexity of international product development and the conditions for its implementation in today’s fragmented world• Project management showing what is required to succeed in the a priori impossible challenge of a design within an alliance between five partners from four different countries• Innovation demonstrating that the electrification of mobility can be combined with affordable prices. • Industrial policy using the emblematic domain of electric vehicles to illustrate the major role of public authorities in technology, the future direction of this role, and the importance in the competition between Western and Chinese industries.• Intrapreneurship showing that a start-up is not the only context in which it is possible to attempt and experience breakthroughs.
Innovation of Businesses, and Digitalization during Covid-19 Pandemic: Proceedings of The International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT 2021) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #488)
by Bahaaeddin Alareeni Allam HamdanThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT2021) organized by EuroMid Academy of Business & Technology (EMABT), held in Istanbul, between 06–07 November 2021. In response to the call for papers for ICBT2021, 485 papers were submitted for presentation and inclusion in the proceedings of the conference. After a careful blind refereeing process, 292 papers were selected for inclusion in the conference proceedings from forty countries. Each of these chapters was evaluated through an editorial board, and each chapter was passed through a double-blind peer-review process.The book highlights a range of topics in the fields of technology, entrepreneurship, business administration, accounting, and economics that can contribute to business development in countries, such as learning machines, artificial intelligence, big data, deep learning, game-based learning, management information system, accounting information system, knowledge management, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, business policy and strategic management, international management and organizations, organizational behavior and HRM, operations management and logistics research, controversial issues in management and organizations, turnaround, corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, legal issues, business ethics, and firm gerial accounting and firm financial affairs, non-traditional research, and creative methodologies.These proceedings are reflecting quality research contributing theoretical and practical implications, for those who are wise to apply the technology within any business sector. It is our hope that the contribution of this book proceedings will be of the academic level which even decision-makers in the various economic and executive-level will get to appreciate.
Innovation of Digital Economy: Cases from China (Management for Professionals)
by Jianlin Zhang Kezhen Ying Kanliang Wang Zhigang Fan Ziyi ZhaoThis book presents a rich selection of 36 real-world cases on how organizations in China explore the new growth pattern, business model innovation, and digital transformation in digital era. The topic of cases varies from digital marketing and Internet brands, the growth of digital platforms, digital transformation and the industrial Internet of things, strategies for cross-border e-commerce companies, and business model innovation in digital era, etc. These cases stem from a diverse set of industry sectors, reporting on best practices and lessons learned. The book shows how organizations strive to find new ways to develop and create new paths to grow in a digital world and shares essential practical insights into digital economy. All cases are presented in a standardized structure in order to provide valuable insights and essential guidance for practitioners, scholars as well as general readers.
Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects
by Harold KerznerINNOVATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIONABLE TOOLS, PROCESSES, AND METRICS FOR SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING INNOVATION PROJECTS, WITH EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS FROM WORLD-CLASS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD The newly revised Second Edition of Innovation Project Management offers students and practicing professionals the tools, processes, and metrics needed to successfully manage innovation projects, providing value-based innovation project management metrics as well as guidance for how to establish a metrics management program. The highly qualified author analyzes innovation from all sides; through this approach, Innovation Project Management breaks down traditional project management methods and explains why and how innovation projects should be managed differently. The Second Edition includes exclusive insights from world-class organizations such as IBM, Hitachi, Repsol, Philips, Deloitte, IdeaScale, KAUST, and more. It includes six all new case studies, featuring a dive into brand management innovation from Lego. Each case study contains questions for discussion, and instructors have access to an Instructor’s Manual via the book’s companion website. Specific ideas discussed in Innovation Project Management include: Continuous versus discontinuous innovation, incremental versus radical innovation, understanding innovation differences, and incremental innovation versus new product development Identifying core competencies using SWOT analysis and nondisclosure agreements, secrecy agreements, and confidentiality agreements Implications and issues for project managers and innovation personnel, active listening, pitching the innovation, and cognitive biases Measuring intangible assets, customer/stakeholder impact on value metrics, customer value management programs, and the relationship between project management and value With its highly detailed and comprehensive coverage of the field, and with case studies from leading companies to show how concepts are applied in real-world situations, Innovation Project Management is a must-have title for practicing project managers, as well as students in project management, innovation, and entrepreneurship programs.
Innovation Systems, Economic Development and Public Policy: Sustainable Options from Emerging Economies
by Swati Mehta Baldev Singh ShergillThis book looks at the policy challenges confronting India and other developing countries in creating a robust, sustainable and industrialized economy. It investigates different facets of the nature, structure, growth and impact of innovation in industries, education and within institutions to foster greater productivity and growth. The volume examines systems adopted to boost innovation and diffusion of technology in different economies while also mapping their success and failures. It offers suggestions for the future for long-term growth, sustainability and inclusiveness amidst dynamic, fast-changing technological frontiers using examples and case studies from India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, among others. The chapters in the book, written to honour the academic work of Professor Lakhwinder Singh in the field of development economics and innovation economics, highlight the importance of adopting and adapting new technologies and development models to local contexts and small industries. An important contribution to research on innovation economics, this interdisciplinary book will be of interest to students, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers working in industrial economics, international economics, political economy, innovation economics, institutional economics, industrial organization and international trade.
The Innovation Tournament Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Exceptional Solutions to Any Challenge
by Christian Terwiesch Karl UlrichWhat new products or services should you launch next year? How can you improve the productivity of a paint line? What should you name your new venture? How can you decrease patient waiting times? How can you improve the customer experience?Pretty much any creative problem-solving task can be framed as seeking a new match between solution and need, from operational process improvements to creating strategies to foster organic growth. Innovation tournaments aim to find a match that is not just good, but exceptional.Leveraging more than two decades of experience organizing innovation tournaments in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street, from Buenos Aires to Kuwait City, Shanghai to Moscow, and with many Fortune 500 companies, two renowned researchers, entrepreneurs, and the foremost experts on innovation tournaments offer a template that you can use to generate winning ideas that will drive great outcomes—whatever your challenges, whatever your business.In The Innovation Tournament Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Exceptional Solutions to Any Challenge, Wharton professors Christian Terwiesch and Karl T. Ulrich offer an engaging, often humorous, and always actionable guide to help you learn:--How to frame and articulate your specific innovation challenge--How to decide on the right format, structure, and strategic direction for your own innovation tournament--How to maximize the quality of the opportunities that will compete--How to select the very best ideas--How to develop those ideas into real-world opportunities--How to use tournaments to foster a culture of innovationFast-reading and filled with real-world successes, The Innovation Tournament Handbook is a comprehensive roadmap to finding a new match between a solution and a need that is not merely good, but exceptional.
Innovationen in der Gesundheitsversorgung: Neue Ansätze und Impulse für Prävention, Gesundheitsförderung und Homecare
by Julia Plugmann Philipp PlugmannWährend Digitalisierung, Innovationen, Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich Medizintechnik und -produkte und Life Science die Diagnose- und Therapieverfahren verbessern und viele Fortschritte ermöglichen, werden andererseits durch den demografischen Wandel, den zunehmenden Fachkräftemangel, den Druck auf den deutschen Mittelstand und den immer stärker werdenden internationalen Wettbewerb, gesundheitsökonomische Grenzen für die Bezahlbarkeit unserer Gesundheit gesetzt, die Auswirkungen auf Quantität und Qualität der deutschen und europäischen Gesundheitsversorgung haben werden.Deshalb ist es besonders wichtig, rechtzeitig die Innovationspotenziale dieser Branche auszuloten und zu heben. Die Beiträge in diesem Buch zu Themen wie Cybersicherheit, betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement, personalisierte Prävention, Psychologie, Technologie und Home Care liefern neue Ansätze und Impulse und leiten konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für etablierte Unternehmen und Start-Ups in der Gesundheitswirtschaft ab.