LEADER 04216nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910813527303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-26537-8 010 $a0-674-04010-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674040106 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786984 035 $a(EBL)3300237 035 $a(OCoLC)923109785 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485198 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929827 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485198 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595094 035 $a(PQKB)10552642 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12065742 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138831 035 $a(PQKB)11483017 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300237 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314246 035 $a(DE-B1597)574500 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674040106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300237 035 $a(OCoLC)1248760351 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786984 100 $a20040519d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aInnovation, the missing dimension /$fRichard K. Lester & Michael J. Piore 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (240 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index. 327 $aPREFACE; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. Integration in Cell Phones, Blue Jeans,and Medical Devices; 2. Where Do Problems Come From?; 3. Conversation, Interpretation, and Ambiguity; 4. The Missed Connections of Modern Management; 5. Combining Analysis and Interpretation; 6. Public Space; 7. Universities as Public Spaces; 8. Learning the Right Lessons about Competitiveness; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index 330 $aAmid mounting concern over the loss of jobs to low-wage economies, one fact is clear: America's prosperity hinges on the ability of its businesses to continually introduce new products and services. But what makes for a creative economy? How can the remarkable surge of innovation that fueled the boom of the 1990s be sustained? For an answer, Richard K. Lester and Michael J. Piore examine innovation strategies in some of the economy's most dynamic sectors. Through eye-opening case studies of new product development in fields such as cell phones, medical devices, and blue jeans, two fundamental processes emerge. One of these processes, analysis--rational problem solving--dominates management and engineering practice. The other, interpretation, is not widely understood, or even recognized--although, as the authors make clear, it is absolutely crucial to innovation. Unlike problem solving, interpretation embraces and exploits ambiguity, the wellspring of creativity in the economy. By emphasizing interpretation, and showing how these two radically different processes can be combined, Lester and Piore's book gives managers and designers the concepts and tools to keep new products flowing. But the authors also offer an unsettling critique of national policy. By ignoring the role of interpretation, economic policymakers are drawing the wrong lessons from the 1990s boom. The current emphasis on expanding the reach of market competition will help the analytical processes needed to implement innovation. But if unchecked it risks choking off the economy's vital interpretive spaces. Unless a more balanced policy approach is adopted, warn Lester and Piore, America's capacity to innovate--its greatest economic asset--will erode. 606 $aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNew products$zUnited States$xManagement 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aNew products$xManagement. 676 $a658.5/14 700 $aLester$b Richard K$g(Richard Keith),$f1954-$01642214 701 $aPiore$b Michael J$089206 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813527303321 996 $aInnovation, the missing dimension$94197722 997 $aUNINA