The License Giver Business Concept of Technological Innovation: A Game of Excellence

by Lex A. van Gunsteren, Arnold G. Vlas

Overview

Innovation is one of the avenues in which companies can move up the value chain, and has become a popular demand from sk markets and governments. Many of its proponents though lack insight as to what it takes to be an innovator, and instead hype and impel innovation based on a romanticized view that with enough willpower and support from a board, investors, or government every company can pursue innovation.

This book offers a theoretical framework, the License Giver Business concept, that clarifies the core characteristics of a truly innovating company, and differentiates it from three other company archetypes with differing core business identities. It describes key aspects and pitfalls in the practical application of the License Giver Business concept and provides cases from the marine industry and computer industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030911256
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	03/05/2022
Series:	Future of Business and Finance
Edition description:	1st ed. 2022
Pages:	139
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lex A. van Gunsteren is a business consultant, lecturer and innovator in marine propulsion. He was one of the pioneers of the Rotterdam School of Management (the Netherlands) where he taught R&D management and crisis management. He owns eight patents and has published eleven books.

Arnold G. Vlas is an international business executive and entrepreneur with 30 years’ experience in product management, marketing and business development across 8 different various assignments in Europe and Asia Pacific. Dr. Vlas is a certified executive leadership coach, and has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Munich, and Shanghai.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The License Giver Business Concept.- Chapter 3: The Intrinsic-Motivated Crowd.- Chapter 4: The Fear of Innovation.- Chapter 5: The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome.- Chapter 6: The Rise and Decline of Innovative Capability.- Chapter 7: The License Giver Business Concept in the Evolution of Industries.- Chapter 8: Governmental Interference.- Chapter 9: Excellence Through Competence.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.