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Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century

Title: Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century
Author: Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Juan Luis Martinez-Covarrubias, Ming K Lim, Vikas Kumar
ISBN: 1138214728 / 9781138214729
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 212
Publisher: Productivity Press
Year: 2017
Availability: 2 to 3 weeks

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This book is for directors, consultants, practitioners, and professionals aspiring to effectively manage operations, but is targeted at applying innovation to the management of operations, including supply chains. It is appropriate for those establishing a career in innovation and operations management. This book will: Equip readers with understanding of the nature of innovation, operations management concepts, business models, methods and tools; Explore best practices and most commonly used operations and innovation business models, methods, and tools used by successful organisations; Consider particular operational issues directly impact the competitiveness of organisations

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  • Innovative: by merging two disciplines commonly treated as separate subjects: operations management and innovation.
  • Comprehensive and all-encompassing: by considering internal (operations) and external factors (e.g., location and government support for business innovation, supply chains) affecting business performance.
  • Well-structured approach: presented by combined experience of academic researchers from operations, supply chain, innovation and economics background.
  • Practical: by including case studies that will enable the reader to better grasp the theoretical concepts, and more importantly to apply the methods to their own context and situations.
  • Referable (useful): by focusing to satisfy a wider target audience involved in the research and practice of different areas such as innovation, operations management, manufacturing management, economics, etc.

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Preface

Part I : Understanding The General Context
Chapter 1 : Economics of Innovation and Operations Management
Chapter 2 : Understanding The General Context and Link Between Innovation and Operations Management

Part II : Understanding The External Context
Chapter 3 : Location, Location, Location

Part III : External Determinants of Innovation Performance
Chapter 4 : Innovation in Global Supply Chain Management

Part IV : Understanding The Internal Context
Chapter 5 : The Role of Operations Managers in Building a Culture of Innovation and Continuous Improvement
Chapter 6 : Getting The Right Organisational Structure and Working Environment to Balance Innovation and Efficiency
Chapter 7 : New Product/Service Design and Innovation in The Context of Operations
Chapter 8 : What Operations Managers Need to Know to Design Innovative Processes
Chapter 9 : Innovation and Sustainability
Chapter 10 : Going Beyond Managing - Improving Existing Services and Processes

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