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Leveraged Innovation: Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Strategic Supply 1998th Edition
Author(s): F. Bidault (Author), Charles Despres (Author), C. Butler (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 6 Nov. 1998
- Edition: 1998th
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 0333749383
- ISBN-13: 9780333749388
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘leveraged Innovation, with lots of concrete examples and clear conceptual frameworks, provides us with rich insights on how to link ESI to stable competitive advantages…(it) serves… as timely guide book for practitioners.’ – Professor Fujimoto, Tokyo University, Faculty of Economics
‘This book captures well the current state of ESI, including its strategic and operational issues, key success factors and likely developments in the future….I believe this book – with its grounding in current best practice and a systematic approach to operations – will provide readers with strategic insights for starting or improving ESI activity.’ – Kazunobu Yamamoto, Managing Director, Fuji Xerox Co., ltd
‘The authors succeed in presenting the interrelation between theory and practice, case studies and trends in a very convincing way. The Management Concept ‘ESI’ is explained transparently and with a clear reference to practice.’ – Pierre-Alain De Smedt, Chief Executive Officer, Seat Cars, Spain
‘A worthy and accessible introduction to early supplier involvement within product development processes…will appeal to readers from a broad management spectrum.’ – Supply Management
About the Author
CHARLES DESPRES is a Professor at the Graduate School of Business Marseille-Provence, an Affiliated Professor at theTheseus Institute and an Associate Professor at l’Institue d’Adminstration des Enterprises, Aix-en-Provence. He is a researcher and author who addresses issues of organization, information, technology and culture. Formally a Research Fellow at IMD and an executive in North America, his current research programme concentrates on knowledge management.
CHRISTINA BUTLER is currently at London Business School, researching cross-boundary groups. An author of articles in the
International Journal of Technology Management and Research Policy, she is also an experienced conference speaker. Previously a Research Associate at IMD, she now combines her research with Executive Education programs at the Theseus Institute and at London Business School.
