Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- How to Use This Book -- Part I: Entrepreneurial Goals and Context -- Chapter 1: The Innovation Imperative -- Innovation Matters -- Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Innovation Isn't Easy! -- Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Dimensions of Innovation: What Can We Change? -- From Incremental to Radical Innovation… -- …to Components and Systems -- A Process Model for Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Recognizing the Opportunity -- Finding the Resources -- Developing the Idea -- Capture Value -- The Context of Success -- How Can We Make Change Happen? -- Configuring the Innovation Process: Building Capability -- What, Why and When: The Challenge of Innovation Strategy -- Creating an Innovation Strategy -- Beyond the Steady State: The Challenge of Discontinuous Change and the Need for Dynamic Capability -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 2: Social Innovation -- What Is 'Social Innovation'? -- Different Players -- Individual Start-ups… -- Not Just Passionate Individuals -- Public Sector Innovation -- Innovation in the 'Third Sector' -- Supporting and Enabling Social Innovation -- Motivation: Why Do It? -- Why Organizations Do It -- Enabling Social Innovation -- The Challenges of Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 3: Innovation, Globalization and Development -- Globalization of Innovation -- Learning from Foreign Systems of Innovation -- National Systems of Innovation -- Incentives and Pressures: National Demand and Competitive Rivalry -- Building Capabilities and Creating Value -- Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage -- Innovation for Development.

Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 4: Sustainability-led Innovation -- The Challenge of Sustainability-led Innovation -- The Threat… -- …and the Opportunity -- We've Seen This Before -- Sustainability-led Innovation -- A Framework Model for Sustainability-led Innovation -- Managing the Innovation Process for Sustainability -- Responsible Innovation -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Part II: Recognizing the Opportunity -- Chapter 5: Entrepreneurial Creativity -- Introduction -- What Is Creativity? -- Associations -- Incremental and Radical -- Divergent and Convergent Thinking -- Left and Right Brain Thinking -- Pattern Recognition -- Individual and Group Creativity -- Creativity in Practice -- Creativity as a Process -- (Why, When and Where) Does Creativity Matter? -- Who Is Creative? -- How to Enable Creativity -- Developing Thinking Skills -- Developing Personal Skills -- Developing Group-Level Creativity -- Developing the Environment -- Putting It All Together: Developing Entrepreneurial Creativity -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 6: Sources of Innovation -- Introduction -- Knowledge Push -- Need Pull... -- Making Processes Better -- Whose Needs? Working at the Edge -- Emerging New Markets at 'the Base of the Pyramid' -- Crisis-driven Innovation -- Towards Mass Customization -- Users as Innovators -- Extreme Users -- Using the Crowd -- Prototyping -- Watching Others - and Learning from Them -- Recombinant Innovation -- Regulation -- Futures and Forecasting -- Design-driven Innovation -- Accidents -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources.

References -- Chapter 7: Search Strategies for Innovation -- Making Sense of the Sources -- What? -- Push or Pull Innovation? -- Incremental/Radical? -- Exploit or Explore? -- When? -- Adoption and Diffusion -- Where? The Innovation Treasure Hunt -- Established Frame/New Frame -- A Map of Innovation Search Space -- How? -- Search Strategies for Zone 1: 'Exploit' -- Search Strategies for Zone 2: 'Explore' -- Search Strategies for Zone 3: 'Reframing' -- Search Strategies for Zone 4: 'Co-evolution ' -- An Overview of Search Strategies -- Who? -- Open Innovation -- Enabling Open Innovation -- Learning to Search -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Part III: Finding the Resources -- Chapter 8: Building the Case -- Developing the Business Plan -- Forecasting Innovation -- Customer or Market Surveys -- Internal Analysis (e.g. Brainstorming) -- External Assessment, e.g. Delphi -- Scenario Development -- Assessing Risk and Recognizing Uncertainty -- Risk as Probability -- Perceptions of Risk -- Anticipating the Resources -- Financial Assessment of Projects -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 9: Leadership and Teams -- Individual Characteristics -- Entrepreneurial Disposition -- Innovation Leadership -- Entrepreneurial Teams -- Context and Climate -- Trust and Openness -- Challenge and Involvement -- Support and Space for Innovation -- Conflict and Debate -- Risk Taking -- Freedom -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 10: Exploiting Networks -- No Man Is an Island… -- The Spaghetti Model of Innovation -- Types of Innovation Networks -- Entrepreneurs' Networks -- Internal Cross-boundary and Communities of Practice.

Clusters and 'Collective Efficiency' in Innovation -- Supply Chain and Improvement Networks -- Breakthrough Technology Collaborations -- Learning Networks -- Recombinant Innovation Networks -- Managed Open Innovation Networks -- Mobilizing User Networks -- Networks as Purposeful Constructions -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Part IV: Developing the Venture -- Chapter 11: Developing New Products and Services -- The New Product/Service Development Process -- Concept Generation -- Project Selection -- Product Development -- Product Commercialization and Review -- Success Factors -- Service Development -- Tools to Support New Product Development -- Concept Generation -- Project Selection -- Product Development -- Diffusion: Promoting the Adoption of Innovations -- Factors Influencing Adoption -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 12: Creating New Ventures -- Types of New Venture -- Technology Entrepreneurs -- Context for Entrepreneurship -- Role of University Incubators -- Process and Stages for Creating a New Venture -- Assessing the Opportunity -- Developing the Business Plan -- New Venture Structure -- Acquiring the Resources and Funding -- Venture Capital -- Business Angels -- Government Funding -- Crowdfunding -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 13: Developing Businesses and Talent through Corporate Venturing -- Internal Venturing and Entrepreneurship -- Why Do It? -- To Grow the Business -- To Exploit Underutilized Resources in New Ways -- To Introduce Pressure on Internal Suppliers -- To Divest Non-core Activities -- To Satisfy Managers' Ambitions -- To Spread the Risk and Cost of Product Development.

To Combat Cyclical Demands of Mainstream Activities -- To Learn about the Process of Venturing -- To Diversify the Business -- To Develop New Competencies -- Managing Corporate Ventures -- Definition Stages -- Development Stages -- Direct Integration -- Integrated Business Teams -- New Ventures Department -- New Ventures Division -- Special Business Units -- Independent Business Units -- Nurtured Divestment -- Complete Spin-off -- Strategic Impact of Ventures -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 14: Growing the Enterprise -- Factors Influencing Success -- Funding -- Growth and Performance of New Ventures -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Part V: Creating Value -- Chapter 15: Exploiting Knowledge and Intellectual Property -- Innovation and Knowledge -- Generating and Acquiring Knowledge -- Identifying and Codifying Knowledge -- Storing and Retrieving Knowledge -- Sharing and Distributing Knowledge -- Exploiting Intellectual Property -- Patents -- Copyright -- Design Rights -- Licensing IPR -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 16: Business Models and Capturing Value -- What's a Business Model? -- Why Use Business Models? -- What's in a Business Model? -- Business Model Innovation -- Generic and Specific Business Models -- Building a Business Model -- Value Proposition -- Target Market -- Creating and Delivering -- Value Capture -- Cost Structure -- Sustainability -- Chapter Summary -- Key Terms Defined -- Discussion Questions -- Further Reading and Resources -- References -- Chapter 17: Learning to Manage Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Introduction -- Making Innovation Happen.

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