Entrepreneurship: A Very Short Introduction

Entrepreneurship: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Paul Westhead
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199670544

What is entrepreneurship? Is it important? What do entrepreneurs actually do? These are a few of the key questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. Paul Westhead and Mike Wright provide a clear guide to all aspects of the process of entrepreneurship, including the diversity of the people involved and the benefits it brings to society.

Managing Product Life Cycles

Managing Product Life Cycles
Author:
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Shrewd attention to the product life cycle is critical to competitive advantage. That means managing everything from product development to the service life cycle. This collection provides a comprehensive guide to the product life cycle, with articles on collaborative project design, going to market, managing the service life cycle, and more. Included are Kim Clark and Takahiro Fujimoto's "The Power of Product Integrity" and the best-selling "Exploit the Product Life Cycle" by Theodore Levitt."--

Product Life Cycle

Product Life Cycle
Author: Antonella Petrillo
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2021-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 183969629X

Globalization and increased competition are forcing companies to review and improve their production processes to be more sustainable. However, a clear vision and environmental culture are lacking because, even today, companies are motivated to act to improve the environment essentially by compliance with government regulations and the opportunity to achieve profit growth. This book presents practices, challenges, and opportunities for the digital and sustainable transformation of business as we know it.

The Design Imperative

The Design Imperative
Author: Steven Chen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2018-05-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319785680

This book examines how to optimize design management processes in order to produce innovation within organizations. It first looks at how to harvest a culture of design and then examines topics specific to product and service design. Individual chapters provide anecdotes drawn from leading design-oriented firms, and best practices based on cutting-edge, scientific research. This book's unique blend of theory and application will offer students, scholars, and managers valuable insight on how organizations can revolutionize their design processes and leverage their approach to create groundbreaking products and services.

Zero Days, Thousands of Nights

Zero Days, Thousands of Nights
Author: Lillian Ablon
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2017-03-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 083309761X

Zero-day vulnerabilities--software vulnerabilities for which no patch or fix has been publicly released-- and their exploits are useful in cyber operations--whether by criminals, militaries, or governments--as well as in defensive and academic settings. This report provides findings from real-world zero-day vulnerability and exploit data that could augment conventional proxy examples and expert opinion, complement current efforts to create a framework for deciding whether to disclose or retain a cache of zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits, inform ongoing policy debates regarding stockpiling and vulnerability disclosure, and add extra context for those examining the implications and resulting liability of attacks and data breaches for U.S. consumers, companies, insurers, and for the civil justice system broadly. The authors provide insights about the zero-day vulnerability research and exploit development industry; give information on what proportion of zero-day vulnerabilities are alive (undisclosed), dead (known), or somewhere in between; and establish some baseline metrics regarding the average lifespan of zero-day vulnerabilities, the likelihood of another party discovering a vulnerability within a given time period, and the time and costs involved in developing an exploit for a zero-day vulnerability"--Publisher's description.

Marketing Imagination

Marketing Imagination
Author: Theodore Levitt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1986-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0029190908

A unique approach to the marketing/ management concept discusses product and marketing objectives, the relationship between client and supplier, the industrialization of service, and other facets of effective marketing strategies.

The Lean Product Lifecycle

The Lean Product Lifecycle
Author: Tendayi Viki
Publisher: Pearson UK
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-11-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1292186909

The Lean Product Lifecycle is a playbook that provides frameworks, methods and tools to develop innovative new products and business models, while managing your core portfolio. Follow the 6 key phases of a product’s life - idea, explore, validate, grow, sustain and retire – and discover how to develop products according to their life stage and ensure the right investment for each.. For each stage there is a step-by-step guide of product development best practices using examples and case studies from several companies and start-ups. Using the tools and templates in this book, you’ll be able to: Take a new product from idea to scale within a market. Understand the difference between executing on products that are already successful in the market and searching for profitable business models for new products. Use the right tools and methods for validating new products ideas and business models. Understand how to manage mature products and retire old products using lean innovation principles. Discover how lessons from lean start-ups can transform your business. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 1)

Product Lifecycle Management (Volume 1)
Author: John Stark
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2015-04-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319174401

This third edition updates and adds to the successful second edition and gives the reader a thorough description of PLM, providing them with a full understanding of the theory and the practical skills to implement PLM within their own business environment. This new and expanded edition is fully updated to reflect the many technological and management advances made in PLM since the release of the second edition. Describing the environment in which products are developed, manufactured and supported, before addressing the Five Pillars of PLM: business processes, product data, PLM applications, Organisational Change Management (OCM) and Project Management, this book explains what Product Lifecycle Management is, and why it’s needed. The final part of the book addresses the PLM timeline, showing the typical steps and activities of a PLM project or initiative. “Product Lifecycle Management” will broaden the reader’s understanding of PLM, nurturing the skills needed to implement PLM successfully and to achieve world-class product performance across the lifecycle.