Fourth Generation R&D: Managing Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471240931 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sustainable Innovation! Mark W. McElroy Authors Miller and Morris have nailed the impending transformation of R&D from its historical, product-centric past to its emerging knowledge-centric future. In addition, their focus on 'discontinuous' and 'fusion' innovation promises to lead the way for industry, in general, whose R&D functions typically produc. "Strategic management of innovation" according to Suckwoo Lee. You might be curious about what the title of this book refers to. It¡¯s rather simpler than you might guess. In a common vocabulary in business, it refers to the ¡®radical innovation¡¯. Then, you might infer that the Strategic management of innovation You might be curious about what the title of this book refers to. It¡¯s rather simpler than you might guess. In a common vocabulary in business, it refers to the ¡®radical innovation¡¯. Then, you might infer that the 3rd generation R&D should be the incremental innovation. Yep. Yo. rd generation R&D should be the incremental innovation. Yep. Yo. Larry Keeley said Innovation algorithm. Most business leaders today understand that innovation is survival. This book gets beyond the usual trivial pablum about *being more creative* to show the kinds of mechanisms and methods that give R&D traction. If you want to stop wasting your R&D dollars and get better ROI, this book offers clear, actionable, a
MILLER, PhD, now at Intel, has served on the board of the Industrial Research Institute and has twenty-nine years of experience managing industrial R&D. . and the author of Managing the Evolving Corporation and The Knowledge Channel. LANGDON MORRIS is President of KMLab, Inc. WILLIAM L
Fourth Generation R&D defines a comprehensive, state-of-the-art model for the practice of innovation and R&D management. And it is, for most companies, tremendously difficult to achieve. Now, for the first time, one book shows you how to balance these seemingly contradictory requirements to develop a coherent approach to some of the most challenging business problems your company faces. In this breakthrough book, renowned R&D professionals William L. Writing with clear prose and using a careful structure, the authors explain: How to master the li
Praise for Fourth Generation R&D "A sweeping and insightful analysis of an architecture for innovation in the knowledge economy. The distinctions it draws between continuous and discontinuous innovation--and between tacit and explicit knowledge--are fundamental." --John Yochelson President, The Council on Competitiveness. Technologists, strategists, and organizational architects will all find this book worth reading, as will students of the modern organization." --John Seely Brown Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation "The new realities of competition beg a new approach to innovation and R Fourth Generation R&D answers that challenge. With lucid arguments and detailed case studies, Fourth Generation R&D sketches a powerful new paradigm for planning and managing innovation. Every manager concerned with innovation and its role as a strategic resource--that's to say, every manager--will profit from this new understanding." Lawrence Wilkinson President, Global Business Network "Fourth Generation R&D is a tour de force. Its sweep, depth, and use of graphics are all truly remarkable (not to mention its command of the literature on innovation)