Examine The Incubation Competency And Reveal How Incubation Can Greatly Enhance An Organizations Options For New Business Creation

Business Wire,  March 13, 2008  

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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85846) has announced the addition of "Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation" to their offering.

Established companies are clamouring for breakthrough innovation, but are often hamstrung by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems. Based on years of research, Grabbing Lightning shows how twelve companies have tried to develop a capability for sustainable breakthrough innovation and outlines best practices for your organization.

The authors show how the management system for innovation is different from the traditional one in that it allows--and even encourages--mistakes and failures in order to promote learning. Grabbing Lightning outlines the three building blocks of breakthrough innovation (BI) and shows what it takes to become an organization that values the BI management system.

In Grabbing Lightning, the authors

- Explore the discovery competency and show how it differs from R&D

- Examine the incubation competency and reveal how incubation can greatly enhance an organization's options for new business creation

Focus on the acceleration competency and address the activities

Contents:

Preface.

Introduction.

1. Management Systems for Innovation.

2. Assessing Your Organization's Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation.

3. The Discovery Competency.

4. Incubation: The Long and Winding Road.

5. Acceleration: Gathering Steam and Building Critical Mass.

6. The DNA Innovation System.

7. Incorporating the DNA: The Role of the Orchestrator.

8. Getting Started: Initiating and Maturing an Innovation Management System.

9. The Innovation Function.

Appendix A: Companies Participating in the Breakthrough Innovation Research Study.

Appendix B: Assessing Your Firm's Breakthrough Innovation Competency.

Notes.

Acknowledgments.

About the Authors.

Index.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85846

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