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Democratizing Innovation
| Author | : Eric Von Hippel |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2006-02-17 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0262250179 |
The process of user-centered innovation: how it can benefit both users and manufacturers and how its emergence will bring changes in business models and in public policy. Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users—both individuals and firms—often freely share their innovations with others, creating user-innovation communities and a rich intellectual commons. In Democratizing Innovation, Eric von Hippel looks closely at this emerging system of user-centered innovation. He explains why and when users find it profitable to develop new products and services for themselves, and why it often pays users to reveal their innovations freely for the use of all.The trend toward democratized innovation can be seen in software and information products—most notably in the free and open-source software movement—but also in physical products. Von Hippel's many examples of user innovation in action range from surgical equipment to surfboards to software security features. He shows that product and service development is concentrated among "lead users," who are ahead on marketplace trends and whose innovations are often commercially attractive. Von Hippel argues that manufacturers should redesign their innovation processes and that they should systematically seek out innovations developed by users. He points to businesses—the custom semiconductor industry is one example—that have learned to assist user-innovators by providing them with toolkits for developing new products. User innovation has a positive impact on social welfare, and von Hippel proposes that government policies, including R&D subsidies and tax credits, should be realigned to eliminate biases against it. The goal of a democratized user-centered innovation system, says von Hippel, is well worth striving for. An electronic version of this book is available under a Creative Commons license.
The Infinite Emotions of Coffee
| Author | : Alon Halevy |
| Publisher | : Macchiatone Communications |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Cooking |
| ISBN | : 0984771506 |
The Infinite Emotions of Coffee provides a contemporary prism of the drink that so much of the world takes for granted every morning. Technopreneur Halevy's travels to more than 30 countries on six continents shed light on how coffee has shaped and is influenced by different cultures through the bean's centuries-spanning journey of serendipity, intrigue, upheavals, revival, romance and passion. With more than three years of field research, over 180 color photographs, and richly illustrated infographics, this book is an immersive experience that brings alive the enduring allure of coffee and the nuanced emotions of both tradition-bound and avant-garde café cultures. Written in an engaging narrative, this travelogue entertains through numerous coffee-related tales from around the world. It celebrates all parts of the inextricably linked global coffee ecosystem, from growers, importers, and roasters to baristas and consumers. Readers will learn about the rich, mysterious and often amusing history of coffee; discover the latest hotbeds of coffee and the complex issues facing the coffee industry today; and meet the worldwide network of inspiringly spirited and passionately committed professionals whose relentless pursuit of excellence are pushing coffee to unprecedented levels of quality. The histories of communication and coffee's impact on socialization are interconnected. From the combined perspectives of a computer scientist and a coffee culturalist, this book elucidates how coffee conversations have evolved from the age of exploration that characterized the 15th century through the Information Age where the Internet's spheres of influence in the world of coffee continue to expand. --Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google This book is the ultimate celebration of coffee from seed to cup. ¡Bravo! --Alejandro Mendez, 2011 World Barista Champion, El Salvador The scope of this collection of vignettes from around the world is unprecedented in coffee literature. Its greatest strength is its unifying power that brings together all the players in the global coffee community. --Sarah Allen, Editor-in-Chief, Barista Magazine
Ocean Nomad
| Author | : Suzanne van der Veeken |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 410 |
| Release | : 2017-10-27 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9789082745405 |
Catch a sailboat ride across the ocean and make a difference for a healthier ocean. Ocean Nomad inspires and informs about a nature-minded way of adventure travel: as crew on someone else's sailing boat. The active travel guide is a combination of stories, photos and actionable information for anyone interested in sailing and ocean conservation.
Escaping From Predators
| Author | : William E. Cooper, Jr |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 459 |
| Release | : 2015-05-28 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1316368483 |
When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of 'if', 'when' and 'how' escape decisions – these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarise over fifty years of scattered research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioural ecology of escaping. The book consolidates current and new behaviour models with taxonomically divided empirical chapters that demonstrate the application of escape theory to different groups. The chapters integrate behaviour with physiology, genetics and evolution to lead the reader through the complex decisions faced by prey during a predator attack, examining how these decisions interact with life history and individual variation. The chapter on best practice field methodology and the ideas for future research presented throughout, ensure this volume is practical as well as informative.
The Youth Guide to the Ocean
| Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2018-06-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9251086478 |
This Ocean Guide was jointly developed by FAO and PML, with contributions from many other institutions. It is designed as an educational resource for schools, youth groups and other curious young learners. This fact-filled Guide explores the ocean from the coastal zones to the frozen poles, the deep sea to the open ocean. It takes a close look at the physical features and natural processes that shape the incredible plant and animal life to be found underwater as well as life-forms exposed by the tides. It also demonstrates the many benefits the ocean provides us, discusses the negatives impacts we unfortunately have on the ocean and explains how good management can help protect and conserve the ocean and ocean life. At the end of the Guide, inspiring examples of youth-led initiatives are provided, and an easy-to-follow action plan aims to help YOU develop your own ocean conservation activities and projects.
The Responsible Company
| Author | : Yvon Chouinard |
| Publisher | : Patagonia |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2013-10-06 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1938340108 |
The Responsible Company, by Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Patagonia, and Vincent Stanley, co-editor of its Footprint Chronicles, draw on the their 40 years' experience at Patagonia – and knowledge of current efforts by other companies – to articulate the elements of responsible business for our time. Patagonia, named by Fortune in 2007 as the coolest company on the planet, has earned a reputation as much for its ground-breaking environmental and social practices as for the quality of its clothes. In this exceptionally frank account, Chouinard and Stanley recount how the company and its culture gained the confidence, by step and misstep, to make its work progressively more responsible, and to ultimately share its discoveries with companies as large as Wal-Mart or as small as the corner bakery. In plain, compelling prose, the authors describe the current impact of manufacturing and commerce on the planet’s natural systems and human communities, and how that impact now forces business to change its ways. The Responsible Company shows companies how to reduce the harm they cause, improve the quality of their business, and provide the kind of meaningful work everyone seeks. It concludes with specific, practical steps every business can undertake, as well as advice on what to do, in what order. This is the first book to show companies how to thread their way through economic sea change and slow the drift toward ecological bankruptcy. Its advice is simple but powerful: reduce your environmental footprint (and its skyrocketing cost), make legitimate products that last, reclaim deep knowledge of your business and its supply chain to make the most of opportunities in the years to come, and earn the trust you’ll need by treating your workers, customers and communities with respect.
None Such Like It
| Author | : Annie Dike |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2016-05-19 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781533359735 |
"Bilge? What bilge?" "Sink? It can't sink ... can it?" First he was in shock, then he was angry. Then he pretended like it never even happened, like he didn't just buy a magnificent chore-of-a-boat that needed to be stocked, cleaned, repaired and maintained. But we've all been there, and I knew one thing for sure. Helping our hapless buddy bring his new boat home across the Gulf of Mexico was going to make for one heck of a story and endless entertainment when the boat-as boats tend to do-started to give him plenty of grief.
80%Mindset 20%Skills
| Author | : Dev Gadhvi |
| Publisher | : Independently Published |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018-02-27 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 9781983129452 |
Author of the book "Dev Gadhvi" comes from a very humble family; his dad was a truck driver and mother a housewife. He saw a great deal of struggle since his childhood and lost 13 years of his career to a mediocre mentality. Finally, he could transform his life with help of some very less known millionaire's secrets. He knows the pain of living with a mediocre mindset and loosing precious time. This is the only reason he doesn't want anyone else to loose their precious years. In this book, he shares his learning and his transformation with only single aim, that is to help others transform their lives as well. He has carefully crafted the book only for the people who are looking for that one life changing moment, people who are looking to realize what was missing in their hustle, people who were wanting to know the secrets of how others have become so successful and how they can become too.
Coastal lagoons
| Author | : Pierre Lasserre |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 484 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| Genre | : Coastal ecology |
| ISBN | : |
