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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791193703321

Autore

Davila Tony

Titolo

The innovation paradox : why good businesses kill breakthroughs and how they can change / / Tony Davila, Marc J. Epstein ; cover design by Ian B. Koviak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78684-149-5

1-60994-555-7

1-60994-554-9

Edizione

[[Enhanced Credo edition]]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

BUS103000BUS020000BUS071000BUS019000

Disciplina

658.4/063

Soggetti

Organizational change

Technological innovations - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204).

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. What is the innovation paradox? -- 2. The benefits and limits of the business unit -- 3. The success of startups -- 4. The startup corporation: the new kid on the block -- 5. Implementing the startup corporation -- 6. Overcoming the innovation paradox designing the startup corporation -- 7. Innovative cultures -- 8. Leading for breakthrough innovation -- 9. Hard foundations strategy, incentives, and management systems -- 10. Wrapping up -- About the authors.

Sommario/riassunto

Using examples from both scrappy startups and long-term innovators such as IBM, 3M, Apple, and Google, this book explains how corporate culture, leadership style, strategy, incentives, and management systems can be structured to encourage breakthroughs.