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Moving beyond the narrow confines of a how to of Innovation management, The Business of Innovation sets out to track, trace and provide testimonies of innovation practice in small to large-scale organisations from countries around world.
Through a combination of contemporary economic and social theory, and an array of practical examples from a wide range of sectors and industries, Jay Mitra offers critical insight into how global innovation works, where it works and most importantly, who makes it work, with an emphasis on innovative women.
Suitable for postgraduate, doctoral and MBA students on business management and innovation courses and practitioners looking for a critical insight into the business of innovation.
List of contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Technological Change and Innovation
Chapter 2: The Innovative Environment
Chapter 3: Systems and Institutions of Innovation
Chapter 4: Innovation Policy and the Role of Government
Chapter 5: The Characteristics and Features of Innovative Organisations
Chapter 6: Innovation and the Types and Size of Firms
Chapter 7: Innovative People
Chapter 8: Types of Innovation
Chapter 9: The Process of Innovation
Chapter 10: Forms of Innovation
Chapter 11: Measuring Innovation
About the author
Jay Mitra is Professor of Business Enterprise and Innovation and Director of The Venture Academy at Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK. He has acted as a Scientific Adviser to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and is a Visiting Professor at Leuphana University in Germany and Bayero University in Nigeria. He has held similar positions at the Institute of Management Technology in India School of Management, Fudan and Jilin Universities in China, and at Bologna University, Italy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK. Jay Mitra also leads the International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) a unique network and forum for researchers, policy makers and business practitioners working on entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development.
Summary
Moving beyond the narrow confines of a "how to" of innovation management, The Business of Innovation takes a contemporary approach reflecting on the wider, external contexts in which management decisions are made.
Report
Innovation is driving economic and societal change, but it is still a myth or a black box. Professor Jay Mitra's new book dissects the myth and sheds light into the black box. The Business of Innovation is a brilliant, comprehensive tool to understand the critical factor dominating the knowledge economy in the 21st century. Sergio Arzeni
