Innovation and entrepreneurship : practice and principles af Peter F. Drucker (Bog)

"Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They fail because they are building something nobody wants. Whether they arise from someone's garage or are created within a mature Fortune 500 organization, new ventures, by definition, are designed to create new products or services under conditions of extreme uncertainly. Their primary mission is to find out what customers ultimately will buy. One of the central premises of The Lean Startup movement is what Ries calls "validated learning" about the customer. It is a way of getting continuous feedback from customers so that the company can shift directions or alter its plans inch by inch, minute by minute. Rather than creating an elaborate business plan and a product-centric approach, Lean Startu

Managing Innovation is an established, bestselling text for MBA, MSc and advanced undergraduate courses on management of technology, innovation management, new product development and entrepreneurship. Type: Paperback Managing Innovation is an established, bestselling text for MBA, MSc and advanced undergraduate courses on management of technology, innovation management, new product development and entrepreneurship.

"Nothing is more important to business success than innovation . . . And here’s what you can do about it on Monday morning with the definitive how-to book from the world’s leading authority on innovation.When it comes to innovation, Curt Carlson and Bill Wilmot of SRI International know what they are talking about—literally. SRI has pioneered innovations that day in and day out are part of the fabric of your life, such as: •The computer mouse and the personal computer interface you use at home and work •The high-definition television in your living room •The unusual numbers at the bottom of your checks that enable your bank to maintain your account balance correctly •The speech-recognition system used by your financial services firm when you call for your account balance or to make a transaction. Each of these innovations—and literally hundreds of others—created new value for customers.

Forfattere: Wolfgang Grulke, Gus Silber Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 344 Forlag: Pearson Education Udgivelsesår: 2002 Companies don't innovate - people do. The heart of radical innovation in business is the bold visionary individual. People who are passionately proud of what they do. They're business radicals - activists who rock the boat, ruffle feathers and make a difference. Here's how. Titel: Lessons in Radical Innovation Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Lessons in Radical Innovation is about real people who took risks, who set themselves extraordinary goals against almost impossible odds. These are stories about out-of-the-box thinking; about passionate individuals and the different kinds of companies they created. This book provides a structured way to think about innovation and gives practical examples of how individuals are doing it. Share their ideas, attitudes and tools – real w

This edition offers: 1. Five new chapter opening cases: Blue-Ray vs. HD-DVD: a standards battle in high definition video; From PDA's to smartphones: the evolution of an industry; Bug Labs and the Long Tail; Organizing for innovation at Google; and Skull Candy: developing extreme headphones. 2. More balance between industrial products versus consumer products. More industrial product examples (such as electronic components, medical components, aerospace, and business software) and service examples (such as search and advertising services, news services, hotels, outsourced industrial design) have been included throughout the book. 3. More extensive coverage of collaborative networks in Chapters 2 and 8, including graphs of the global technology collaboration network; richer explanations and examples for the network externality graphs in Chapter 4; and more in-depth coverage of modularity i

Om hvordan virksomheden får rettet mere fokus på intraprenørskab, så medarbejderne, deres gode ideer og de nye tiltag som ideerne afføder, forbliver en værdiskabende del af virksomheden Titel: Fra idé til faktura : ledelse af intraprenørskab Forfattere: Henrik K. Eriksen,Steen Hildebrandt,Søren A. Jensen Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: I Danmark grundlægges der årligt ca. 18.000 nye virksomheder. En del af dem startes af personer, der har forladt en virksomhed for at iværksætte en idé, som det ikke var muligt at realisere internt i virksomheden. Mange virksomheder kan både beholde idérige medarbejdere og sætte nye projekter i søen, hvis de skaber de rigtige rammer for arbejdet med interne idéer. Forfatterne Henrik K. Eriksen, Steen Hildebrandt og Søren A. Jensen peger på, at intraprenørskab er virksomhedens nøgle til at skabe fornyelse og sikre overlevelse i en stærkt globaliseret verde

The author aims to define innovation, identify its main characteristics, and outline the processes that organizations go through to carry out innovation. This is a resource-based text that not only includes mini-cases but also a variety of questions and exercises, each chapter including learning objectives. Titel: Exploring innovation Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Exploring Innovation is a lively and accessible text aimed primarily at undergraduates, but with scope for use on postgraduate courses. With a focus on student needs, the text covers the core aspects of innovation and provides the tools needed for analysis. Type: Paperback

Guide i iværksætteri, der bygger på de to forfatteres mangeårige erfaringer som iværksættere Titel: Iværksætter : hvad vi lærte af at starte 30 virksomheder Forfattere: Mads Faurholt,Lars Tvede Udgave: 1. udgave Genre: erhverv_oekonomi_ledelse Sammendrag: Bogen er en praktisk iværksætterguide baseret på Mads Faurholt og Lars Tvedes erfaringer med at starte ca. 30 virksomheder. Forfatterne beskriver hele rejsen fra idéfase til etableret virksomhed og profit. De gennemgår, hvordan man håndterer presset i en startup, prioriterer tid og ressourcer, laver effektiv markedsføring med begrænset budget, vinder afgørende kundeordrer og opbygger et stærkt founding team og medarbejderstab. Derudover forklarer de, hvordan man rejser kapital fra investorer, udvikler og tester nye produkter, skalerer salget og håndterer vækst. Bogen kombinerer konkrete eksempler, værktøjer og tjeklister med refleksione