Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Management Science

In an uncertain economy where business risk is significant, the company tends to rely more on its environment than to invest, for example, in all steps of technological creation; This can be explained by the fact that investments in the acquisition (ownership) of production resources are less expensive than those implied in the formation of these resources; which also explains the attractiveness (in an open economy) of regions with abundant scientific and technical resources. To understand and analyze the innovation process in order to better design and launch new goods, services and...

Brilliant or Blunder Action Guide offers an effective, practical and tested approach to deciphering opportunities concealed within complexity and uncertainty.  This book provides creative tools to boost systems thinking, enhance smart decision making, and resolve tough problems.  In a challenging world, leaders need a systems approach to uncover new patterns and expose fresh possibilities that will deliver results.  This volume is for those who strive for excellence while wrestling with uncertainties, who want to leverage new insights, and who seek to successfully...

Faced with ever-increasing complexity on a daily basis, the decision-makers of today are struggling to find the appropriate models, methods and tools to face the issues arising in complex systems across all levels of global operations.

Having, in the past, resorted to outdated approaches which limit problem-solving to linear world views, we must now capitalize on complexities in order to succeed and progress in our society.

This book provides a guide to harnessing the wealth inherent to complex systems. It organizes the transition to complex decision-making in all business...

Fantasy and science fiction are both involved in the process of innovation in techno-scientific societies. Long regarded as a hindrance to rationality, and to science, science fiction has become the object of praise in recent decades. Innovative organizations use science fiction to stimulate the creativity of their teams, and more and more entrepreneurs are using its influence to develop innovation. Scientific practice relies in part on an imaginary dimension. The mapping of the technical imagination of science fiction has become an important strategic issue, as has its patentability. The...

This book compares enterprise architecture (EA), which can be an all-encompassing model of an organization's technical (IT) architecture, systems, contents (databases), interfaces, applications, and networks and solutions, to business architecture (BA), which can be defined as the link between the business strategy and the corresponding capabilities and technology assets of the organization in action. This provides a more holistic view of the enterprise that includes long-term and strategic input into the business decision-making of an organization.

Intelligent Enterprise Technologies guides IT and business executives through the exploding number of technologies that create an intelligent enterprise that is agile and highly competitive. The book begins by examining human intelligence and how the Internet and neural networks relate to it. The book then examines different types of intelligence, such as social, contextual, search, and physical intelligence and the technologies that emulate them. These technologies include social networking, search engines, data analytics, location services, and the Internet of Things....

Whether you're a small or mid-size organization, managing operations can be challenging. This book provides greater insight into the methods, techniques, and tools that can be used against a well-proven organizational improvement framework. This book offers readers an opportunity to understand how to manage their businesses via the Baldrige framework, defines methods that they can use to improve operations, and ensures that those methods are appropriate and aligned to meet their needs. The tools in this book are proven and practical, but innovative methods developed by internal teams are...

Whether you're a small or mid-size organization, managing operations can be challenging. This book provides greater insight into the methods, techniques, and tools that can be used against a well-proven organizational improvement framework. This book offers readers an opportunity to understand how to manage their businesses via the Baldrige framework, defines methods that they can use to improve operations, and ensures that those methods are appropriate and aligned to meet their needs. The tools in this book are proven and practical, but innovative methods developed by internal teams are...