Introduction -- New Products and Services -- Process Efficiency through Customer Integration -- Data Format Standards -- PDF/X-3 -- JDF -- XML -- Process Efficiency through Self Service: Self-Directed Customers -- Online Calculation -- Placing Orders Online -- Remote Preflight -- Web Printing -- Order Tracking -- Archiving Orders and Offerings -- Stock Reporting Systems -- Online Ordering Syste…
What is changing?- Does progress matter? -- Being successful in disruptive environments -- What is it that the successful really do? -- Can you learn disruptive Innovation? -- Go with the flow - the courage to take the plunge -- Practical aspects of creating an Innovation Cell -- Can I manage change and stability side by side? -- Why one room? -- Why autonomy? -- What do I gain? - Path of Innov…
Theoretical Approaches -- Towards an Integrated Model of the Lead Market for Environmental Innovations -- Case Studies of Lead Markets from Literature Studies -- The International Adoption of Photovoltaic Energy Conversion -- Fuel Cells in Stationary Applications -- Fuel Cells for Mobile Applications -- Technologies to Reduce Harmful Emissions in Diesel Vehicles -- Lead Markets for VOC-Reduced …
Knowledge Management: Conceptual Foundations -- Knowledge Management: Conceptual Foundations, Emerging Directions -- Knowledge Management: Why Learning from the Past Is Not Enough! -- A Sensemaking Theory of Knowledge in Organizations and Its Application -- Knowledge Management: Empirical Perspectives -- Knowledge Creation in Organizations: A Multiple Study Overview -- Knowledge Acquisition and…
The New Era of Intangible Assets -- Case Studies on the Appropriation of Intellectual Assets -- Intangible Assets: Characteristics, Generation & Protection -- Strategic Management of Intangible Assets -- Econometric Analysis -- General Summary and Conclusion.The book investigates the interplay of brand equity and technological assets at the corporate level. In a grounded theory approach it deve…
The Innovation Process Model — Definitions and Lemmas -- The Macroscopic View on Real World Innovation Pipelines -- The Mesoscopic View - Control of Real World Innovation Pipelines -- The Microscopic View - Control & Management of Inno-Projects -- The Integration of Finance and Innovation Management -- Summary and Benchmarks.RandD is the single most important investment for any company or any…
On Network Industries -- Business Webs: Decomposable, Modular Organisations -- Business Web Growth Cases -- Towards a Theory of Business Web Growth -- Conclusion.Networks of firms have been in the focus of management research for several years. Recently, special attention has been paid to so-called business webs. Business webs are networks of firms which provide complements to a common product …
Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation -- Innovation, Technology, and Economic Growth -- Flexibility and Endogenous Innovation -- Schumpeter and the Micro-foundations of Endogenous Growth -- Technology and Technology Transfer: Mansfieldian Inspirations and Subsequent Developments -- Welfare Implications of User Innovation -- Underinvestment in Public Good Technologies -- Evaluating Public Sector R&D …
E-Content in Europe: Dimensions of an Emerging Field -- E-Content Market in Europe An Overview -- The State of Digital Media Service Business -- Paid Content: From Free to Fee -- Content Applications: Selected Cases -- The Impact of E-Learning -- Scientific Publishing: A European Strength -- Mobile Games: An Emerging Content Business Area -- Cross-Media on the Advance -- User-Centric Content Pr…
Broadband and why it matters -- Competition in broadband markets -- New entry and market outlook -- Analysis of competition in broadband markets -- Appropriate policies for broadband regulation -- Conclusion.Broadband is a key enabler of the information society, increasing productivity and competitiveness across all sectors of the economy. Unlike traditional n- rowband connections, broadband pr…