TY - BOOK AU - Nichols,David TI - Return on ideas: a practical guide to making innovation pay SN - 9781119209157 AV - HF5415.15 .N53 2007eb U1 - 658.4/063 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Product management KW - Brand name products KW - Diffusion of innovations KW - Diffusion of Innovation KW - Produits commerciaux KW - Gestion KW - Produits de marque KW - Innovations KW - Diffusion KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Structural Adjustment KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Return on Ideas; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; 1. This is getting us nowhere; What is the problem? The Funnel; 2. How to navigate this book; Segmenting users; PART I: The Case Study; 3. The Calippo Shots story; PART II: The Challenge; 4. Innovation isn't working; PART III: The Core Idea; 5. A new innovation paradigm: The Rocket Motor; 6. Rocketing: Destination; 7. Rocketing: Combustion; 8. Rocketing: Nozzle; 9. Rocketing: Expander; PART IV: The Entertainment; 10. Ten innovations that make it look easy; PART V: The Practicalities; 11. Doing it faster; 12. Avoiding the pitfalls; Appendix: Rocketing toolkitIndex N2 - Return on Ideas is a practical guide to getting more from the resources you put into your innovation process. David Nichols clearly shows why current innovation funnel models stifle rather than encourage new ideas, and offers a new methodology, 'rocketing', to tackle the problem. The first book to look in detail at innovation as a business-driving imperative, Return on Ideas provides the tools, techniques and processes to actually upgrade the way you tackle innovation, illustrated with examples from innovative companies such as Yo! Sushi, Apple, Vodafone, Unilever, P & G, Danone, Amex and Ben & UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119209157 ER -