Books
- Chesbrough H. W. (2005) Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology, Harvard Business Press
The writer argues that for an innovation to be valuable, it needs to be commercialised by a viable business model. The book is enriched with examples backing up different organising principles for management and innovation.
- Scotchmer S. (2004) Innovation and Incentives, MIT Press
The book discusses knowledge as a public good, the economic design of intellectual property, different models of cumulative innovation, the relation of competition to licensing and joint ventures, patent and copyright enforcement and litigation, private/public funding relationships, patent values and the return on R&D investment, intellectual property issues arising from direct and indirect network externalities, and globalization.
- Luecke R. Harvard Business Essentials Staff, Harvard Business School Press, Katz R. (2003), Harvard Business Essentials: Managing Creativity and Innovation, Harvard Business Press
This book provides readers with insights on managing creativity in groups, on developing creative conflict, and on using technology to help foster innovation, covering subjects such as: brainstorming, innovation, project management, project planning, project strategy, creativity, conflict.
