Decision-making Tools to Support Innovation

Manon Enjolras

ISBN 10: 1789450896 / ISBN 13: 9781789450897

Published by John Wiley & Sons Aug 2023, 2023

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Neuware - Scientific thinking concerning the way in which we drive innovation has been widely developed in recent years. It is known that the process of innovation consists of a succession of decision-making processes that require simultaneous technical, economical, organizational and sustainable compromises. Indeed, all innovative activities in business require stakeholders to seek out the best compromise between various, often contradictory dimensions of the same problems. Through studying practical cases from various fields (e.g. energy, marketing and sustainable development), this book addresses all the stages of the innovation process, highlighting some of the main decisions that can be faced by organizations. Based on the historical research conducted at the ERPI Laboratory (University of Lorraine) in Nancy, France, this book presents six innovation practices: strategy, creativity, design, project management, human resources and capitalization of knowledge. These practices are then illustrated through examples of decision support methods' applications.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decision-making Tools to Support Innovation
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Aug 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789450896
• ISBN 13: 9781789450897
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 19D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 577 grams

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Synopsis

Scientific thinking concerning the way in which we drive innovation has been widely developed in recent years. It is known that the process of innovation consists of a succession of decision-making processes that require simultaneous technical, economical, organizational and sustainable compromises. Indeed, all innovative activities in business require stakeholders to seek out the best compromise between various, often contradictory dimensions of the same problems.

Through studying practical cases from various fields (e.g. energy, marketing and sustainable development), this book addresses all the stages of the innovation process, highlighting some of the main decisions that can be faced by organizations.

Based on the historical research conducted at the ERPI Laboratory (University of Lorraine) in Nancy, France, this book presents six innovation practices: strategy, creativity, design, project management, human resources and capitalization of knowledge. These practices are then illustrated through examples of decision support methods' applications.

About the Author

Manon Enjolras is a lecturer at the University of Lorraine, France (ERPI Laboratory/ENSGSI). Her research concerns the metrology of innovation and the application of multicriteria and data analysis methodologies.

Daniel Galvez is a professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Santiago, Chile and coordinator of the LEIND Laboratory. His areas of research are innovation management and decision support.

Mauricio Camargo is a professor at ENSGSI and the director of the ERPI Laboratory (University of Lorraine) in France. His work focuses on the management of innovation projects, technology management and the design of complex product, process and industrial systems.