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Growth Through Innovation

Managing the Technology-Driven Enterprise

  • Learn about pirates, pioneers, innovators and imitators in business
  • Each chapter is followed by a practice piece that makes the reader think about the models and concepts learned before
  • Draws insights from more than 11 years of teaching executives at St. Gallen and ETH Zurich

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Technology Changes Our Life

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 1-13
  3. Paradigms and Hidden Research Strategies

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 15-31
  4. Technology, Driver of Growth

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 33-45
  5. Technology Speed and Substitution

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 47-58
  6. Diffusion of New Technologies

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 59-70
  7. The Myth of the Pioneer

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 71-84
  8. Pirates, Pioneers, Innovators and Imitators

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 85-96
  9. Dominant Design Industry

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 97-105
  10. Science-Driven Industry

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 107-120
  11. High-Tech Industry

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 121-131
  12. Basic Innovation Principles

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 133-147
  13. Radical Versus Routine Innovation

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 149-162
  14. Trend Towards Routine Innovation

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 163-173
  15. Design of Industrial Goods

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 175-185
  16. Protection of Innovation

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 187-200
  17. Core Capabilities

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 201-211
  18. Technical Risk Management

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 213-224
  19. Human Aspects of Technical Risk Management

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 225-235
  20. Non-proliferation of Adverse Technologies

    • Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen
    Pages 237-245

About this book

Capitalism produced entrepreneurs and property rights, the two basic pillars of innovation and growth. As the speed of technology is steadily increasing only radical innovation can be the name of the game. This book discusses technology and innovation trends by looking into historical examples and telling the latest business stories. It opens the discourse about pirates, pioneers, innovators and imitators; proposes the framework of dominant, science-driven and high-tech industry for innovation management and gives insights into intellectual property rights, industrial designs and technical risk management. Finally, it offers 8 important innovation principles for technology driven enterprises that have turned out to have a big effect on the outcome – and in the end on growth.

Authors and Affiliations

  • D-MTEC, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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