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Zusatztext "The perfect primer for the postindustrial age?.an insightful assessment of the changing global economy! complete with recommendations for how companies can thrive in a perpetually disruptive environment?.[An] exemplary narrative." Informationen zum Autor Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is an award-winning global correspondent for the Economist . He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an adviser to the World Economic Forum, and an adjunct faculty member at NYU’s Stern School of Business. He is also the author of Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future (co-authored with Iain Carson), and Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet . His op-eds have appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal , and he is a regular guest on NPR’s Marketplace , PBS’s NewsHour , ABC’s Nightline , and other leading programs. Klappentext World-renowned economist Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran provides a deeply insightful, brilliantly informed guide to the innovation revolution now transforming the world. With echoes of Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, Tim Brown’s Change by Design, and Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, Vaitheeswaran’s Need, Speed, and Greed introduces readers to the go-getters, imagineers, and visionaries now reshaping the global economy. Along the way, Vaitheeswaran teaches readers the skills they must develop to unleash their own inner innovator and reveals why America and other wealthy, privileged societies must embrace a path of inclusive growth and sustainability—or risk being left behind by history. This essential guide reveals the new rules for winning in the age of disruptive innovation: Wicked Problems, Wiki Solutions: Discover how bottom-up, networked approaches can tame this century’s greatest challenges, from pandemics to climate change. Frugal Engineering: Understand the existential threat—and historic opportunity—posed by resourceful innovators in China and India who are mastering the art of doing more with less. Open Innovation: Learn why the smartest people in your business no longer work for you, and how to harness their ideas before your competitors do. Sustainable Capitalism: Explore how greed can be harnessed for good, rewarding entrepreneurs and corporations for solving socially important problems. Zusammenfassung World-renowned economist Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran provides a deeply insightful, brilliantly informed guide to the innovation revolution now transforming the world. With echoes of Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma, Tim Brown’s Change by Design, and Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, Vaitheeswaran’s Need, Speed, and Greed introduces readers to the go-getters, imagineers, and visionaries now reshaping the global economy. Along the way, Vaitheeswaran teaches readers the skills they must develop to unleash their own inner innovator and reveals why America and other wealthy, privileged societies must embrace a path of inclusive growth and sustainability—or risk being left behind by history. This essential guide reveals the new rules for winning in the age of disruptive innovation: Wicked Problems, Wiki Solutions: Discover how bottom-up, networked approaches can tame this century’s greatest challenges, from pandemics to climate change. Frugal Engineering: Understand the existential threat—and historic opportunity—posed by resourceful innovators in China and India who are mastering the art of doing more with less. Open Innovation: Learn why the smartest people in your business no longer work for you, and how to harness their ideas before your competitors do. Sustainable Capitalism: Explore how gree...
