The Dilemmas of Wonderland

Zusatztext [This book would] compliment collections on the philosophy of science and may also appeal to readers in business, management, or economics professions who are concerned with issues related to innovation. RECOMMENDED Informationen zum Autor Yakov Ben-Haim initiated and developed info-gap decision theory for modeling and managing severe uncertainty. Info-gap theory has impacted the fundamental understanding of uncertainty in human affairs, and is applied by scholars and practitioners around the world in engineering, biological conservation, economics, project management, climate change, natural hazard response, national security, medicine, and other areas (see info-gap.com). Ben-Haim has been a visiting scholar in many countries and has lectured at universities, technological and medical research institutions, public utilities and central banks. He has published more than 100 articles and 6 books. He is a professor of mechanical engineering and holds the Yitzhak Moda'i Chair in Technology and Economics at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Klappentext Innovations create opportunities and dilemmas. They can be more uncertain and potentially worse than existing options. To use or not to use a new and promising but unfamiliar and uncertain innovation? This book offers a new direction, with practical conceptual tools for understanding and managing dilemmas of innovation. Zusammenfassung Innovations create opportunities and dilemmas. They can be more uncertain and potentially worse than existing options. To use or not to use a new and promising but unfamiliar and uncertain innovation? This book offers a new direction, with practical conceptual tools for understanding and managing dilemmas of innovation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Innovation Dilemmas: Examples 3: Uncertainty, Ignorance, Surprise -- The Endless Frontier 4: Optimization and its Limits 5: Managing Innovation Dilemmas 6: Cultures of Innovation and Progress ...

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• Authors: Yakov Ben-Haim, Yakov (Yitzhak Moda'i Chair in Technology and Economics Ben-Haim
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780198822233
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882223-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, popular science, SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Technology: general issues, Public Administration, Regional & area planning, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy, Regional and area planning