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Industrial policy : the coevolution of public and private sources of finance for important emerging and evolving technologies

Kenneth Carlaw, Author ; Richard Lipsey, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge elements. Elements in evolutionary economics | 2022

Dismissing industrial policy because 'governments cannot pick winners' is counter-productive. This Element studying selected major innovations illustrates the fact that virtually all major new technologies have been developed by a synergetic coo[...]

Innovation ecosystems : increasing competitiveness

Martin Fransman, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2019

Martin Fransman presents a new approach to understanding how innovation happens, who makes it happen, and the helps and hindrances. Looking at innovation in real-time under uncertainty, he develops the idea of an 'innovation ecosystem', i.e. a s[...]

Inventing a space mission : the story of the Herschel Space Observatory /

Vincent Minier, Author | New York, NY : Springer | ISSI scientific report series | 2017

This book describes prominent technological achievements within a very successful space science mission: the Herschel space observatory. Focusing on the various processes of innovation it offers an analysis and discussion of the social, technolo[...]

Perspectives in space surveillance

Ramaswamy Sridharan, Editor ; Antonio Pensa, Editor | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | MIT Lincoln Laboratory series | 2017

In the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union raced to develop space-based intelligence gathering capability. The Soviets succeeded first, with SPUTNIK I in 1957. The United States began to monitor the growing Soviet space presence by dev[...]

Soonish : emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything /

Kelly Weinersmith, Author ; Zach Weiner, Author | New York : Penguin Press | 2017

The instant New York Times bestseller! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into dee[...]

Striking power : how cyber, robots, and space weapons change the rules for war /

Jeremy A. Rabkin, Author ; John Yoo, Author | New York (United States) : Encounter Books | 2017

Threats to international peace and security include the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions, rogue nations, and international terrorism. The United States must respond to these challenges to its national security and to world stabilit[...]

Space and innovation

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | 2016

After decades of innovation, satellites now play a discrete but pivotal role in the efficient functioning of modern societies and their economic development. This publication provides the findings from a OECD Space Forum project on the state of [...]

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Elon Musk : Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future

Ashlee Vance, Author | New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 2015

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbr[...]

The Oxford handbook of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Christina E. Shalley, Editor ; Michael A. Hitt, Editor ; Jing Zhou | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2015

Research-based investigations of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship have the potential to inform each other and enrich our knowledge of each of these areas, particularly with regard to cognitive processes and effective behaviors. Yet, [...]

PaxTechnica : how the internet of things may set us free or lock us up

Philip N. Howard, Author | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2015

Should we fear or welcome the internet's evolution? The “internet of things” is the rapidly growing network of everyday objects—eyeglasses, cars, thermostats—made smart with sensors and internet addresses. The author looks to a future of global [...]

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PaxTechnica : how the internet of things may set us free or lock us up

Philip N. Howard, Author | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2015

Should we fear or welcome the internet's evolution? The “internet of things” is the rapidly growing network of everyday objects—eyeglasses, cars, thermostats—made smart with sensors and internet addresses. The author looks to a future of global [...]

Into space : EU space research : space research projects under the 7th framework programme for research (6th call)

[S.l.] : European Commission | 2014

The brochure presents 58 projects funded under the 6th space call of FP7

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The AMA handbook of project management

Paul C. Dinsmore, Author ; Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, Author | New York : American Management Association | 2014

The fourth edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides readers with a clear overview of a complex discipline. An essential reference to the critical concepts and theories all project managers must master, the book addresses proje[...]

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The AMA handbook of project management

Paul C. Dinsmore, Author ; Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin, Author | New York : American Management Association | 2014

The fourth edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides readers with a clear overview of a complex discipline. An essential reference to the critical concepts and theories all project managers must master, the book addresses proje[...]

Collective genius : the art and practice of leading innovation /

Linda A. Hill | Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press | 2014

What is the relationship between leadership and innovation? How can some companies innovate again and again--continuously producing products and services that customers want--while most other firms cannot? How do you unleash consistent creativit[...]

Innovation the NASA way : harnessing the power of your organization for breakthrough success /

Rod Pyle, Author | New York (United States) : McGraw-Hill Education | 2014

Space exploration may be NASA's mission, but its innovative leadership practices are founded on solid, down-to-earth methods anyone can apply, anywhere. Pyle has used the agency's unique methods for driving innovation to train leaders of Fortune[...]

The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution /

Walter Isaacson, Author | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2014

"Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispens[...]

Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong /

Robert Bryce, Author | New York (United States) : PublicAffairs | 2014

In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, reduce consumption and forswear development. But in this t[...]

Unpacking open innovation : highlights from a co-evolutionary inquiry /

Elias G. Carayannis, Author ; Manlio Del Giudice, Author ; Maria Rosaria Della Peruta, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in democracy, innovation and entrepreneurship for growth | 2014

101 design methods : a structured approach for driving innovation in your organization /

Vijay Kumar, Author ; Vincent LaConte, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley | 2013

The first step-by-step guidebook for successful innovation planning Unlike other books on the subject, 101 Design Methods approaches the practice of creating new products, services, and customer experiences as a science, rather than an art, prov[...]

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Secrets of Silicon Valley : what everyone else can learn from the innovation capital of the world

Deborah Perry Piscione, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2013

Offers Silicon Valley as a productive example of entrepreneurship and innovation, noting how the region has demonstrated continued growth and investor interest in spite of economic setbacks elsewhere in the world

Success in Innovation : improving the odds by understanding the factors for unsuccess

Jan Verloop, Author | [S.l.] : Elsevier | 2013

Success in Innovation tackles its subject from a novel perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success sto[...]

Success in Innovation : improving the odds by understanding the factors for unsuccess

Jan Verloop, Author | [S.l.] : Elsevier | 2013

Success in Innovation tackles its subject from a novel perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success sto[...]

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Making telecoms work : from technical innovation to commercial success

Geoffrey Varrall, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2012

The books provides a basis for more effective interdisciplinary analysis of technology, engineering, market and business investment risk and opportunity. Since fixed and mobile broadband has become a dominant deliverable, multiple areas of trans[...]

Sustaining innovation : collaboration models for a complex world/

Stevn P. MacGregor, Editor ; Tamara Carleton, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Innovation, technology, and knowledge management | 2012

In many ways, the process of innovation is a constant social dance, where the best dancers thrive by adapting new steps with multiple partners. The systematic and continuous generation of value in any innovation system relies on collaboration be[...]