LEADER 02006oam 22005051 450 001 9910792105803321 005 20230725022940.0 010 $a0-19-157328-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000326521 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC684554 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL684554 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464186 035 $a(OCoLC)714569733 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000326521 100 $a20100416d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInnovation $ea very short introduction /$fMark Dodgson and David Gann 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 148 pages) $cillustrations, portraits 225 1 $aVery short introductions ;$v227 311 0 $a0-19-956890-1 311 0 $a0-19-177753-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Josiah Wedgwood: the world's greatest innovator; 2 Joseph Schumpeter's gales of creative destruction; 3 London's wobbly bridge: learning from failure; 4 Stephanie Kwolek's new polymer: from labs to riches; 5 Thomas Edison's organizational genius; 6 Building a smarter planet?; References; Further reading; Index 330 8 $aWhat is innovation? How can it be used? Why is failure so common in the process of innovation? This title looks at what innovation is, what it has done for us, and why it has been so important in the last 150 years. 410 0$aVery short introductions ;$v227. 606 $aTechnological innovations 606 $aBusiness 615 0$aTechnological innovations. 615 0$aBusiness. 676 $a338.064 700 $aDodgson$b Mark$f1957-$0147676 701 $aGann$b David$0739434 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910792105803321 996 $aInnovation$93682481 997 $aUNINA