The subject of innovation has become a permanent fixture of the current political and economic discourse across the globe. In fact, the belief that economic growth is driven by innovation is common. The first half of the book adopts the viewpoint of the innovator through the details of the innovation's development journey. The second half advances ......
Tools to Build Indestructible Projects with Enduring Results
Projects are volatile endeavours filled with uncertainties, dependencies, contingencies, and risks. They require not only strategic, business-focused leadership to drive results, but also nimble and adaptive approaches in the face of increasing business uncertainty. Projects that limp along without the required adjustments and improvements suck ......
Natural Resources of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Bristol Bay, Alaska, supports a wide diversity of globally significant natural resources-from the world's most valuable wild salmon fishery to one of the world's largest untapped copper deposits. With contributions from leading scientific experts, this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind book is essential to understanding what is known regarding the ......
Principles and Practices for Orchestrating an IT Value Chain
Business and IT executives are increasingly working side-by-side in an effort to strengthen their company's strategic advantages, capture new markets that are often digital, and realize value from disruptive technologies. Many professionals responsible for defining and executingIT strategy are being continuously pressured to digitize their ......
Achieving the Next Level of Capability and Optimization
This unique text discusses why project portfolio management has been elusive to most organizations. It explains how an impactful portfolio is attainable using a back-to-basics approach that includes the use of a simplified form of earned value management called mEVM for measuring and managing a portfolio, adapting it to changing situations, and ......
This important book details sustainability challenges facing our global society in the 21st century, and makes a well-supported business case for sustainable product development. Its holistic approach to product innovation and commercialization represents a radical departure from the norm. It delineates why human well-being must become the ......
This full-color book contains the state-of-the-art knowledge and latest trends and developments in architectural acoustics research. This reference will play a fundamental role in the sustainable progress of architectural acoustics research and practical applications. World-renowned experts in the field from both the research and consulting ......
In today's increasingly competitive global marketplace, organizations that do not regularly undertake change initiatives will find it difficult-if not impossible-to continue to be successful in the long term.Most organizations only launch change initiatives when forced to address some pain, such as decreased revenues or profits, where the sole ......
Structure, Organization, and Assembly in Natural Systems
Written by Dr. George Sugihara, this pioneering work represents a unifying synthesis to tie together four disparate areas of ecology: 1) topological structure of food webs; 2) ecosystem dynamics; 3) ecosystem/food web assembly; and 4) universal patterns of species abundance. Based on the premise that deep general principles are likely to be ......
