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How business professionals are using MOOCs to further their careers and help their companies and teams succeedSince first making headlines in 2011, hundreds of universities across the world have begun offering thousands of MOOCS, or massive open online courses, to millions of students around the wor... మరిన్ని

If Amazon can’t win in China, can anyone?When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited China in 2007, he expected that one day soon China would be a double-digit percentage of Amazon’s sales. Yet, by 2019, Amazon, the most powerful and successful ecommerce company in the world, had quit China. In Winning in ... మరిన్ని

Managers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists all seek to maximize the financial returns from innovation, and profits are driven largely by the quality of the opportunities they pursue. Based on a structured and process-driven approach this book demonstrates how to systematically identify excepti... మరిన్ని

Serving as both a student textbook and a professional reference/handbook, this volume explores the statistical methods of examining time intervals between successive state transitions or events. Examples include: survival rates of patients in medical studies, unemployment periods in economic studies... మరిన్ని

In the game of innovation, no bet comes with a guarantee--there will always be risk involved. But that doesn't mean you can't become a better player by shifting the odds in your favor. Although some individual innovations can have fantastic returns, simply spending more on innovation overall won't n... మరిన్ని

How do innovators spot high-potential opportunities when they're still in the embryonic stage? According to the authors, the best approach is to conduct innovation tournaments, pitting opportunities against each other to determine which will create the most value. This chapter provides an overview o... మరిన్ని

Innovation tournaments are competitions set up to weed through opportunities to find the most exceptional and value-creating opportunities. In order to conduct an effective tournament, you need to create a stream of raw opportunities, made up of marginal as well as exceptional ideas. In other words,... మరిన్ని

Innovators work inside big established firms and in start-ups to improve their firms' competitive prospects. But opportunities for innovation also bubble up outside firms in places like university labs and hobbyists' garages. Thus, in addition to generating opportunities internally, innovation firms... మరిన్ని

Opportunity screening is the first step in the selection process that aims to identify exceptional innovation opportunities from the pool of opportunities you have collected. It's the qualification phase of the innovation tournament. According to the authors, an effective screening process must be e... మరిన్ని

Innovation does not happen in a strategic vacuum. Competitors attempt to steal market share, technologies that once were cutting edge become obsolete, and markets that once were growing start to mature. This creates a demand for opportunities that address specific strategic needs--opportunities that... మరిన్ని

Innovation aims to create exceptional value. Deciding which of your opportunities is truly exceptional is thus a critical element of the innovation process. In the early rounds of an innovation tournament, opportunities with the most promise are identified subjectively, but in the later rounds, when... మరిన్ని

You can't maximize the success of a soccer team by hiring the best individual players. Similarly, you don't obtain the best innovation portfolio by picking those opportunities that are--in isolation--the most valuable. Considering each opportunity independently and simply selecting the most valuable... మరిన్ని

The probability of success for a far-horizon innovation is low; when you're operating at innovation's frontiers, big risks will always plague you. The question for innovators isn't how to preclude them--it's which ones you should take and how to maximize your chances of success while minimizing the ... మరిన్ని

Organizations use innovation tournaments to narrow a pool of many opportunities down to the exceptional few that can become profitable innovations. The authors offer a funnel as a useful representation of this process. As you consider the shape of your company's funnel, you should ask yourself: how ... మరిన్ని

Innovation isn't just hoping for serendipity and counting on random inspirations--innovation can be managed as a process. Organizational decisions therefore must be made for innovation processes, and yet too often companies fail to make them. As a result, their decisions end up being made informally... మరిన్ని

Everyone wants their organizations to be more innovative. This desire, however, is hard to turn into action. Organizations tend to follow a similar pattern, improving performance by progressing along a common path. In this chapter, the authors introduce an innovation maturity model consisting of fiv... మరిన్ని

This book focuses on the permeability of the foundation of dams, how to determine their state and how to tighten permeable rock to achieve safe foundations for large dams. It includes theoretical fundamentals as well as lessons learned in their application in practical construction work in eminent ... మరిన్ని

This book explores discrete-time dynamic optimization and provides a detailed introduction to both deterministic and stochastic models. Covering problems with finite and infinite horizon, as well as Markov renewal programs, Bayesian control models and partially observable processes, the book focuse... మరిన్ని

Primarily intended for physicians and health care professionals who are treating obese patients, this book explores current and future options for drug treatment of obesity puts them into perspective against available alternative treatments. Distinguished scientists and clinical investigators provid... మరిన్ని

Edmund Husserl, generally regarded as the founding figure of phenomenology, exerted an enormous influence on the course of twentieth and twenty-first century philosophy. This volume collects and translates essays written by important German-speaking commentators on Husserl, ranging from his contempo... మరిన్ని

Welchen Stellenwert haben soziökonomische, politische und kulturelle Faktoren für rechtspopulistischen Protest und die Wahl der AfD? Welchen Einfluss nehmen regionale Lebensbedingungen und Sozialisationsprozesse? Und wie sehr wirkt die „Flüchtlingskrise“ ein, selbst nachdem sie aus dem Blickpunkt de... మరిన్ని

Der Wassersektor gehört zu den ganz großen aktuellen globalen Herausforderungen. Wasserbewirtschaftung verlangt ein vertieftes Verständnis der Nachhaltigkeit. Das Buch erläutert vor diesem Hintergrund Theorie und Praxis des integrierten Managements. Es erklärt politische und technische Grundlagen de... మరిన్ని