The Business of New Process Diffusion

ISBN-13: 9781032653228 / Miękka / 2024 / 80 str.

Alun Merlyn Thomas

Opis

This short text explores entrepreneurship, innovation and process diffusion through the example of the development of float glass. By using the glass industry as an example to draw out the key themes of innovation and diffusion theory, this book uses its specific industrial history to form an illuminating case study.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. New Process Diffusion  3. Case Study – Management of the Early Float Glass Start-ups  4. Conclusions

O autorze

Brychan Celfyn Thomas is a Visiting Professor in Innovation Policy at the University of South Wales, a Doctoral Supervisor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Gloucestershire, and an Examiner for the International Baccalaureate Business and Management Diploma. Before retiring in October 2012, he was Reader in Innovation Policy at the University of Glamorgan Business School.

Alun Merlyn Thomas was educated at King Williams College in the Isle of Man and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Birmingham City University and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries & Administrators (ACIS). He was for some years a member of the Institute’s Branch Council for South Wales. By way of occupation he has been a company accountant for a number of engineering organizations.