Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Innovation and Entrepreneurship 3rd Edition is an accessible text on innovation and entrepreneurship aimed specifically at undergraduate students studying business and management studies, but also those on engineering and science degrees with management courses.

The text applies key theories and research on innovation and entrepreneurship and then reviews and synthesises those theories and research to apply them in a much broader and contemporary context, including the corporate and public services, emerging technologies and economies, and sustainability and development and creating and capturing value from innovation and entrepreneurship. In this third edition the authors continue to adopt an explicit process model to help organise the material with clear links between innovation and entrepreneurship.

This text has been designed to be fully integrated with the Innovation Portal at www.innovation-portal.info , which contains an extensive collection of additional resources for both lecturers and students, including teaching resources, case studies, media clips, innovation tools, seminar and assessment activities and test questions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. xiii)
• Acknowledgements (p. xvi)
• How to Use This Book (p. xvii)
• Entrepreneurial Goals and Context (p. 1)
• Chapter 1 The Innovation Imperative (p. 3)
• Innovation Matters (p. 3)
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship (p. 11)
• Innovation Isn't Easy! (p. 13)
• Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (p. 15)
• Dimensions of Innovation: What Can We Change? (p. 16)
• A Process Model for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (p. 21)
• How Can We Make Change Happen? (p. 25)
• What, Why and When: The Challenge of Innovation Strategy (p. 27)
• Chapter Summary (p. 37)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 39)
• Discussion Question (p. 39)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 41)
• References (p. 42)
• Chapter 2 Social Innovation (p. 45)
• What Is 'Social Innovation'? (p. 46)
• Different Players (p. 49)
• Motivation: Why Do It? (p. 53)
• Enabling Social Innovation (p. 58)
• The Challenges of Social Entrepreneurship (p. 61)
• Chapter Summary (p. 63)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 63)
• Discussion Questions (p. 64)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 64)
• References (p. 65)
• Chapter 3 Innovation, Globalization and Development (p. 67)
• Globalization of Innovation (p. 67)
• National Systems of Innovation (p. 73)
• Building Capabilities and Creating Value (p. 84)
• Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage (p. 85)
• Innovation for Development (p. 91)
• Chapter Summary (p. 95)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 95)
• Discussion Questions (p. 96)
• Further Reading and Rsources (p. 96)
• Reference (p. 97)
• Chapter 4 Sustinability-led Innovation (p. 99)
• The Challenge of Sustainability-led Innovation (p. 99)
• We've Seen This Before (p. 101)
• Sustainability-led Innovation (p. 101)
• A Framework Model for Sustainability-led Innovation (p. 103)
• Managing the Innovation Process for Sustainability (p. 111)
• Responsible Innovation (p. 115)
• Chapter Summary (p. 116)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 116)
• Discussion Questions (p. 117)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 117)
• References (p. 118)
• Part II Recognizing the Opportunity (p. 121)
• Chapter 5 Entrepreneurial Creativity (p. 123)
• Introduction (p. 123)
• What Is Creativity? (p. 124)
• Creativity as a Process (p. 129)
• (Why, When and Where) Does Creativity Matter? (p. 131)
• Who Is Creativity (p. 132)
• How to Enable Creativity (p. 134)
• Putting It All Together: Developing Entrepreneurial Creativity (p. 156)
• Chapter Summary (p. 157)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 157)
• Discussion Questions (p. 158)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 159)
• References (p. 159)
• Chapter 6 Sources of Innovation (p. 163)
• Introduction (p. 163)
• Knowledge Push (p. 164)
• Need Pull... (p. 166)
• Making Processes Better (p. 169)
• Who Needs? Working at the Edge (p. 171)
• Emerging New Markets at 'the Base of the Pyramid' (p. 173)
• Crisis-driven Innovation (p. 176)
• Towards Mass Customization (p. 177)
• Users as Innovators (p. 180)
• Watching Others-and Learning from Them (p. 187)
• Recombinant Innovation (p. 188)
• Regulation (p. 189)
• Further and Forecasting (p. 190)
• Design-driven Innovation (p. 190)
• Accidents (p. 192)
• Chapter Summary (p. 194)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 194)
• Discussion Questions (p. 195)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 195)
• References (p. 196)
• Chapter 7 Search Strategies for Innovation (p. 199)
• Making Sense of the Sources (p. 199)
• What? (p. 200)
• When? (p. 204)
• Where? The Innovation Treasure Hunt (p. 205)
• How? (p. 215)
• Who (p. 215)
• Open Innovation (p. 217)
• Learning to Search (p. 223)
• Chapter Summary (p. 225)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 225)
• Discussion Questions (p. 227)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 227)
• References (p. 228)
• Part III Finding the Resources (p. 231)
• Chapter 8 Building the Case (p. 233)
• Developing the Business Plan (p. 233)
• Forecasting Innovation (p. 239)
• Assessing Risk and Recognizing Uncertainty (p. 246)
• Anticipating the Resources (p. 251)
• Chapter Summary (p. 256)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 256)
• Discussion Questions (p. 256)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 257)
• References (p. 258)
• Chapter 9 Leadership and Teams (p. 261)
• Individual Characteristics (p. 261)
• Entrepreneurial Teams (p. 271)
• Context and Climate (p. 278)
• Chapter Summary (p. 283)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 283)
• Discussion Questions (p. 284)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 284)
• References (p. 285)
• Chapter 10 Exploiting Networks (p. 289)
• No Man Is an Island... (p. 289)
• The Spaghetti Model of Innovation (p. 291)
• Types of Innovation Networks (p. 292)
• Networks as Purposeful Constructions (p. 309)
• Chapter Summary (p. 314)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 315)
• Discussion Questions (p. 315)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 316)
• References (p. 317)
• Part IV Developing the Venture (p. 321)
• Chapter 11 Developing New Products and Services (p. 323)
• The New Product/Service Development Process (p. 323)
• Success Factors (p. 328)
• Service Development (p. 330)
• Tools to Support Product Development (p. 334)
• Chapter Summary (p. 351)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 351)
• Discussion Questions (p. 352)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 352)
• References (p. 353)
• Chapter 12 Creating New Ventures (p. 357)
• Types of New Venture (p. 357)
• Context for Entrepreneurship (p. 361)
• Process and Stages for Creating a New Venture (p. 371)
• Assessing the Opportunity (p. 371)
• Developing the Business Plan (p. 373)
• Acquiring the Resources and Funding (p. 375)
• Crowdfunding (p. 383)
• Chapter Summary (p. 384)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 384)
• Discussion Questions (p. 385)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 385)
• References (p. 386)
• Chapter 13 Developing Business and Talent through Corporate Venturing (p. 389)
• Internal Venturing and Entrepreneurship (p. 389)
• Why Do It? (p. 391)
• Managing Corporate Ventures (p. 398)
• Strategic Impact of Ventures (p. 405)
• Chaper Summary (p. 408)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 408)
• Discussion Question (p. 408)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 409)
• References (p. 409)
• Chapter 14 Growing the Enterprise (p. 413)
• Factors Influencing Success (p. 413)
• Funding (p. 420)
• Growth and Performance of New Ventures (p. 424)
• Chapter Summary (p. 432)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 432)
• Discussion Question (p. 432)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 433)
• References (p. 434)
• Part V Creating Value (p. 439)
• Chapter 15 Exploiting Knowledge and Intellectual Property (p. 441)
• Innovation and Knowledge (p. 441)
• Generating and Acquiring knowledge (p. 442)
• Identifying Codifying Knowledge (p. 443)
• Storing and Retrieving Knowledge (p. 445)
• Sharing and Distributing Knowledge (p. 446)
• Exploiting Intellectual Property (p. 450)
• Chapter Summary (p. 459)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 459)
• Discussion Questions (p. 459)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 460)
• References (p. 461)
• Chapter 16 Business Models and Capturing Value (p. 463)
• What's a Business Model? (p. 463)
• Why Use Business Models?464
• What's in a Business Model (p. 466)
• Business Model Innovation (p. 468)
• Generic and Specific Business Models (p. 472)
• Building a Business Model (p. 474)
• Chapter Summary (p. 479)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 479)
• Discussion Questions (p. 479)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 480)
• References (p. 481)
• Chapter 17 Learning to Manage Innovation and Entrepreneurship (p. 483)
• Introduction (p. 483)
• Making Innovation Happen (p. 484)
• Learning and Building Capability (p. 485)
• How Learning Happens (p. 487)
• Recognizing the Opportunity (p. 489)
• Finding the Resources (p. 491)
• Developing the Venture (p. 493)
• Innovation Strategy: Having a Clear Sense of Direction (p. 496)
• Building and Innovation Organization (p. 499)
• Networking for Innovation (p. 501)
• Learning to Manage Innovation (p. 504)
• Getting Fit for Innovation (p. 505)
• Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship (p. 508)
• Chapter Summary (p. 509)
• Key Terms Defined (p. 509)
• Discussion Questions (p. 510)
• Further Reading and Resources (p. 510)
• References (p. 511)
• Index (p. 513)