Creating Innovation Leaders A Global Perspective
This book focuses on the process of creating and educating innovation leaders through specialized programs, which are offered by leading academic schools. Accordingly, the book is divided into two parts. While the first part provides the theoretical found
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Banny Banerjee Stefano Ceri Editors
Creating Innovation Leaders A Global Perspective
Understanding Innovation
Series editors Christoph Meinel Larry Leifer
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8802
Banny Banerjee • Stefano Ceri Editors
Creating Innovation Leaders A Global Perspective
Editors Banny Banerjee Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA
Stefano Ceri Politecnico di Milano Milano, Italy
ISSN 2197-5752 ISSN 2197-5760 (electronic) Understanding Innovation ISBN 978-3-319-20519-9 ISBN 978-3-319-20520-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20520-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015958362 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
We all witness the tremendous demand for innovation that is occurring in a wide array of contexts, social, technical and organizational. Unprecedented changes in the business environments and social challenges are driving this demand for innovation. Organizations are nowadays recognizing that innovation does not happen by simply proposing something new, but is dependent on the capability to enact change. In turn, this depends on the existence of what we can term innovation leaders. Innovation Leaders are people who have the right skills and competencies and are in a position to influence points of view, practices, decisions and actions. This is in contrast to the traditional culture of leadership, which has grown around the norms of hierarchical decision making, risk-averse decision making and resource management for efficiency. In fact, innovation is emerging as a new mode of leadership, one that imagines and crafts alternative futures in the context of open and cooperative processes. Educational institutions around the world have in recent years given
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