Download or read book Developing New Products and Services written by Lawrence Sanders and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will focus on the up-front activities required for product and service differentiation, the learning methodologies that contribute to arriving at that differentiation, and the role that technology plays in implementing the process. The book will show how technology factors into such entrepreneurial activities as engaging in business planning and utilizing creativity and innovation, and how creative innovation, in turn, is achieved and enhanced through an understanding of two different modes of learning: "learning about" and "learning by doing". A successful product introduction depends on an efficient supply chain, a strong brand, and the ability of a manufacturer or provider to differentiate it successfully in the marketplace. New Product and Services Development demonstrates how differentiation, this last critical component, can be secured by the strategic use of technology and by engaging in two key learning methodologies.

Download or read book Free Innovation written by Eric Von Hippel and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading innovation scholar explains the growing phenomenon and impact of free innovation, in which innovations developed by consumers and given away “for free.” In this book, Eric von Hippel, author of the influential Democratizing Innovation, integrates new theory and research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation, as he defines it, involves innovations developed by consumers who are self-rewarded for their efforts, and who give their designs away “for free.” It is an inherently simple grassroots innovation process, unencumbered by compensated transactions and intellectual property rights. Free innovation is already widespread in national economies and is steadily increasing in both scale and scope. Today, tens of millions of consumers are collectively spending tens of billions of dollars annually on innovation development. However, because free innovations are developed during consumers' unpaid, discretionary time and are given away rather than sold, their collective impact and value have until very recently been hidden from view. This has caused researchers, governments, and firms to focus too much on the Schumpeterian idea of innovation as a producer-dominated activity. Free innovation has both advantages and drawbacks. Because free innovators are self-rewarded by such factors as personal utility, learning, and fun, they often pioneer new areas before producers see commercial potential. At the same time, because they give away their innovations, free innovators generally have very little incentive to invest in diffusing what they create, which reduces the social value of their efforts. The best solution, von Hippel and his colleagues argue, is a division of labor between free innovators and producers, enabling each to do what they do best. The result will be both increased producer profits and increased social welfare—a gain for all.

Download or read book Product and Services Management written by George Avlonitis and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `A text that successfully bridges the gap between academic theorizing and practitioner applicability because it uses multiple real-world examples/mini-cases of management techniques to illustrate the well-researched academic theoretical foundations of the book′ - Creativity and Innovation Management `A complete and useful treatment of the domain of product and service decisions. This book is unique in its treatment, dealing with product and service portfolio evaluation, new product/service development and product/service elimination in an integrated manner. Enlivened by many mini-cases, the book provides a soup-to-nuts approach that will prove very attractive for students and be a valuable reference for managers as well. Highly recommended′ - Gary L Lilien, Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science, Penn State University `Product and Services Management (PSM) is a welcome, up to date summary of the key issues facing firms in developing and refreshing their portfolios. The examples and cases bring the academic arguments clearly into focus and demonstrate the crucial role of PSM in leading the overall strategy of the firm′ - Professor Graham Hooley, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Aston University, Birmingham `Managers responsible for and students interested in product portfolio decisions previously had to consult several sources for obtaining up-to-date information; books on new product development, articles on service development, readers on product management, and frameworks for product evaluation and termination. With the book Product and Services Management the reader obtains four-in-one. Avlonitis and Papastathopoulou reveal in a compelling and comprehensive manner why product decisions are the cornerstone of modern marketing and business, and illustrate the theory with numerous mini-cases from Europe and elsewhere. A must read for everyone with a passion for products′ - Dr Erik Jan Hultink, Professor of New Product Marketing, Delft University of Technology This book provides a holistic approach to the study of product and services management. It looks at the key milestones within a product′s or service life cycle and considers in detail three crucial areas within product management, namely product/service portfolio evaluation, new product/service development and product/service elimination. Based on research conducted in Europe and North America, this book includes revealing cases studies that will help students make important connections between theory and practice. The pedagogical features provided in each chapter include chapter introduction, summary, questions and a further reading section. Additional material for instructors include PowerPoint slides and indicative answers to each chapter′s questions. This book is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of business administration who are pursuing courses in marketing, product portfolio management, new product development and product policy.

Download or read book Urban Growth and Innovation written by Frank G. van Oort and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge externalities - i.e. intellectual gains made by exchange of information for which no direct compensation is given to the producer of the knowledge - result in higher economic growth rates across urban areas, as well as higher degrees of innovation intensity in those locations where economic activity is dense. By combining theories and methodologies on localised growth and innovation density from the fields of geography and economics, he puts forward an innovative spatial econometric model which contributes to a clearer understanding of actual processes of growth and innovation and their linkages to industry and spatially determined agglomeration factors. In doing so, the book acknowledges the increasing importance of geographical composition and distance for the transmission of knowledge and skills in a society in which information becomes easier to access.

Download or read book Handover of Power Innovation written by Andreas Seidl and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation rethought Do you sometimes worry that important innovations are introduced too late? And do you also wish for an implementation of your good ideas? How can promising inventions be implemented quickly and easily? This book tells us: ... how inventors can find suitable researchers, industrial property rights, investors, producers and customers in a directory. ... how the linking of education, research and development can provide a mass of skilled workers who invent and implement innovations at lightning speed. ... which path innovations can take when they are implemented in a large state-owned company until patent protection expires. After 20 years of work on this book series, Andreas Seidl thus ventures a step towards founding a party. In doing so, he entertains his readers both intellectually and visionarily. If this work can give you hope, inspire you or move you to action, it has fulfilled its purpose. Available in German and English

Download or read book Special Study on Economic Change Research and innovation developing a dynamic nation December 29 1980 written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ECIE2012 7th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Research and Innovation written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Service Science written by Paul P. Maglio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the service sector expands into the global economy, a new science of service is emerging, one that is dedicated to encouraging service innovation by applying scientific understanding, engineering discipline, and management practice to designing, improving, and scaling service systems. Handbook of Service Science takes the first major steps to clarifying the definition, role, and future of this nascent field. Incorporating work by scholars from across the spectrum of service research, the volume presents multidisciplinary perspectives on the nature and theory of service, on current research and practice in design, operations, delivery, and innovation of service, and on future opportunities and potential of service research. Handbook of Service Science provides a comprehensive reference suitable for a wide-reaching audience including researchers, practitioners, managers, and students who aspire to learn about or to create a deeper scientific foundation for service design and engineering, service experience and marketing, and service management and innovation.

Download or read book Handbook of Research on Nurturing Industrial Economy for Africa s Development written by Nafukho, Frederick Muyia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A robust manufacturing sector is a necessity and a sufficient condition for any country’s human and economic development as it creates employment and alleviates poverty. During this Fourth Industrial Revolution era, there is an urgent need in Africa to optimally utilize the existing resources to support manufacturing or else risk allowing the continent to fall behind in the industrial economy. Innovative strategies are needed that can unlock Africa’s manufacturing potential by exploring key areas that may help Africa mature and launch modernized economies that will benefit the developed world’s industrial economy. The Handbook of Research on Nurturing Industrial Economy for Africa’s Development examines various innovations necessary for Africa’s economic development including drivers of the manufacturing economy such as education, agriculture, human capital, science and technological innovations, language, politics, and business environments. The book explores strategies to increase Africa’s economic diversity, complexity, productivity, and ultimately competitiveness, and for the continent to realize its manufacturing/industrial potential. Further, chapters focus on African countries’ industrial economies in the African context and facilitating the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This book is a valuable reference tool for government officials, economists, industrialists, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the industrial economic development of Africa.

Download or read book Innovation in Estonian Enterprises written by and published by Ministry of Economics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marketing Research Innovative Product Launch in Indian Sanitation Industry written by Junaid Javaid and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Report from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: B, University of Bedfordshire, course: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, language: English, abstract: This report on the topic of launch of Innovative Product within Indian Sanitation Industry. The scope of this report is broad. It has been discovered that innovation in marketing offering (products or services) managed to command top attention from the majority of CEOs. Innovation in product is considered as major opportunities for the purpose of making customers loyal to the specified brand. There is no doubt in saying that Indian Sanitation industry has been growing on consistent basis and also promising great potential for future prospect as well. By analysing, all forces of Porter Five Forces model, it has been inclined that Indian Sanitation industry is attractive and has potential for growth in the long term. It has been discovered with the help of PESTLE analysis that there are two aspects (Sociological & Environmental) that could pose threat to the Indian Sanitation industry while the other four aspects (Political, Economical, Technological and Legislative) would be seen as great opportunities for the Indian Sanitation industry. DG Corporation (Entrepreneur Business Idea) is Indian based company and is thinking of entering Indian Sanitation industry with its innovative product named as DG Solar Glass Sanitizer. The core objective of DG Corporation is to successfully execute the launching plan for its Solar Glass Sanitizer. The company’s main competitive is that the company is going to successfully launch its innovative product. As the company’s DG Solar Glass Sanitizer is based upon innovative idea so that the company is planning to adopt Differentiation strategy. For the targeting purpose, DG Corporation is considering strongly to target middle class and high class social classes of urban areas. In regard to Positioning, DG Corporation is aiming to position its Glass Sanitizer on Point of Difference basis. For the marketing mix strategies: the company has formulated four aspects (DG Solar Glass Sanitizer would use UV technology and boiling & steaming method for removing germs from the glasses, the skimming pricing structure would be adopted, the company would utilized all available promotion methods and for placement the company would make relationships with few wholesalers). It has been recommended that trend of launching innovative marketing offerings (products or services) has been getting prominent these days and also incorporates more potential for success within almost all industries.

Download or read book Competence Based Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism written by Harald Pechlaner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Pechlaner and Dr Innerhofer, the editors of Competence-Based Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, argue that the industry operates within highly challenging and competitive environments. Changing environmental and market conditions continually force hotel businesses and service providers to offer their customers new and modified products and services, in order to remain competitive; those which respect value perceptions of markets and sustainable stakeholder reactions. This then raises the question of how innovations within this industry must be developed in order to achieve competitive differentiation. The book demonstrates that the development and analysis of successful innovation strategies should integrate the resource-based view and its advancements, the competence-based view, as well as the dynamic capabilities approach and the relational view. Resource-based strategic management approaches view the firm as a bundle of resources and competences. They point to the importance of firm-specific resources and competences in explaining variations in competitive positions and performance differentiation between companies. The challenge of hospitality and tourism is to develop resources and competences that drive innovations. This book will serve to advance the status quo of tourism research literature by combining innovation theories with network theories and tourism and destination development, by illustrating the development of cooperative competences and innovations in tourism and by showing, in a tailored way, how the challenge of the development of resources and competences that drive innovations in tourism can be managed.

Download or read book U S Industrial Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents industry reviews including a section of "trends and forecasts," complete with tables and graphs for industry analysis.

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Download or read book The Implementation of Smart Technologies for Business Success and Sustainability written by Allam Hamdan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-24 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industry 4.0 technologies identified as the main contributor to the digitalization era. New technology delivers optimal outputs by utilization of effective resource. Therefore, smart technologies that has inventive and creative objects became critical to enterprise; recent studies shows that its led enterprises business such as SMEs to considerable investments, which many organizations over the world attempt to use innovative technologies such as IoT and AI, these technologies have potential on sustainable business models. In addition to that, innovation usage in business models led to significant benefits towards sustainability concept in SMEs marketplace. Furthermore, Sustainability objectives refers to corporate sustainability term, which integrate enterprise operations with social, educational, environmental and economic benefits, as process of decision-making can impact during sustainability implications. This book focus on the implementation of smart technologies for growing business, the book includes research articles and expository papers on the applications of technology on Decision Making, Healthcare, Smart Universities, Advertising, E-marketing, Public Sector and Digital Government, FinTech, RegTech. Some researchers also discussed the role of smart technologies in the current COVID-19 pandemic, whether in the health sector, education, and others. On all of these, the researchers discussed the impact of smart technologies on decision-making in those vital sectors of the economy.