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<p><P>Innovation is an ancient art, may be as old as 500,000 years, but managing innovation is a relatively young management technique, only a few decades old, and has received much less attention than other aspects of innovation such as creativity, entrepreneurship or venturing. This book is not about providing a series of recipes on innovation management or a collection of case stories on how to do innovation or not. The few examples given are well known innovations from (Shell) history and all of them have been described before in the literature. However, this book does not focus on the brilliant result or failure of the innovations, but on the process of innovation in order to understand the features of a well-managed innovation effort. <P>The book has been written around six main themes&#58;<P>1. Understanding innovation as a business process and how it has developed through history.<P>2. For a manager it is essential to appreciate the fundamental difference between inside- and outside-the-box innovation; each one needs its own specific management process.<P>3. The main roles of the innovation manager are managing the innovation funnel, executing the innovation strategy and op

Author

Jan Verloop, with contributions from Hans Wissema

Publisher

Elsevier; Elsevier Science

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780080534749

Subjects

Engineering, Management, Business