Naushad Forbes, David Wield

From Followers to Leaders (eBook, PDF)

Managing Technology and Innovation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The last years have seen a profusion of books and articles on managing technology, focused almost exclusively on leading edge firms in leading edge countries. This book argues that succeeding as a follower-firm requires learning from many experiences and avoiding simplistic 'how-to' approaches that prescribe one best practice. Individual chapters c

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134529384
• Artikelnr.: 43072002

Autorenporträt

Naushad Forbes is Director of Forbes Marshall, India's leading Energy Conservation and Control Instrumentation firm, and Consulting Professor at Stanford University in the Program in Science, Technology and Society. David Wield is Professor of Innovation and Development at The Open University, and Co-Director of its International Development Centre. He recently directed its Centre for Technology Strategy and chaired its Development Policy and Practice unit.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Beneath the surface 2. Innovation success in follower-firms 3.
Changing policies for science and technology: government and markets 4.
Innovation on the shopfloor - a new wave 5. From process to product and
proprietary 6. Managing R&D in technology-followers 7. Design leadership
for technology-followers 8. Building a culture for innovation 9. Followers
to leaders.