Christensen, Clayton M. <br/><br/>
Innovation and the general manager /  
Clayton M. Christensen. 
 - Boston, Mass. :  Irwin/McGraw-Hill,  c1999. 
 - ix, 586 p.   ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: innovation and the general manager<br/>Module 1: value networks and the impetus to change<br/>1.1	disruptive technologies: catching the wave<br/>1.2 continuous casting investments at usx corporation<br/>1.3	hewlett packard: the flight of the kittyhawk<br/>1.4	teradyne: corporate management of disruptive change<br/>Teradyne: the aurora project<br/>Module 2: finding new markets for new and disruptive technologies<br/>2.1	eli lilly and company: innovation in diabetes care<br/>Patterns in the evolution of product competition<br/>2.2	studio realty<br/>2.3 gunfire at sea<br/>Discovering what has been discovered: what job was your product hired to do?<br/>2.4 du pont kevlar: aramid industrial fiber (abridged)<br/> discovery-driven planning <br/>2.5 electric vehicles: pipe dream or product of the future<br/>Module 3: linking strategy and innovation<br/>3.1 linking strategy and innovation: materials technology corporation<br/>3.2 becton dickinson: worldwide blood collection team (abridged)<br/>3.3 managing innovation at nypro, inc. (a)<br/>Managing innovation at nypro, inc. (b)<br/>3.4 cultivating capabilities to innovate: booz allen & hamilton<br/>3.5 unilever’s butter-beater: innovation for global diversity<br/>3.6 we’ve got rhythm! Medtronic corporation’s cardiac pacemaker business<br/>Module 4: understanding and building organizations’ capabilities to innovate<br/>4.1 hospital equipment corporation<br/>4.2 motorola, inc.: bandit pager project (abridged)<br/>4.3 improving the product development process at kirkham instruments corporation<br/>Module 5: the dimensions of technology strategy<br/>5.1 issues in technology strategy <br/>The drivers of vertical disintegration<br/>5.2 molding the impossible: the nypro-vistakon disposable contact lens project<br/>5.3 ge plastics: selecting a partner<br/>5.4 vallourec’s venture into metal injection molding<br/>5.5 markets for technology and the returns on research<br/>5.6 scientific instruments corporation<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073659152 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Creative ability in business--Case studies.<br/>New products--Case studies.<br/>Product management--Case studies.<br/>Problem solving--Case studies.<br/>Decision making--Case studies.<br/>Technological innovations--Management--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.5/14  / C5545