Here Comes Everybody: The power of organizing without organizations
Clay Shirky

Internet Economics 2.0 So here comes, we think, two extremely interesting, challenging and important new books by two leading commentators on the effects of the internet on business and society. They both argue that the internet and its emergent ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Jason Potts, Kate Morrison

The Cutting Edge – Innovation and entrepreneurship in new Europe
Ruta Aidis and Friederike Welter (Eds)

Innovation by a Thousand Cuts The Cutting Edge - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in New Europe explores innovation and entrepreneurship in ex-Soviet Bloc economies. The book consists of eight case studies, spanning eight countries in a variety of ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Alex Velkov

We Think: Mass innovation, not mass production
Charles Leadbeater & 257 other people

Internet Economics 2.0 So here comes, we think, two extremely interesting, challenging and important new books by two leading commentators on the effects of the internet on business and society. They both argue that the internet and its emergent ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Jason Potts, Kate Morrison

Knowledge Innovation: Strategic Management As Practice
Mitsuru Kodama

In the first chapter of Mitsuru Kodama's book, Knowledge Innovation, he cites a provocative quote from Philips CEO Gerard Kleisterlee: We used to start by identifying our core competencies and then looking for market opportunities. Now we ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Jamie P Eggers

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography
Koen Frenken (ed)

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography is a collection of twelve recent studies by a group of excellent scholars from various backgrounds, all of whom are interested in interpreting the phenomena of economic geography through the ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Wenyue Zhuang

Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open Economy: Canadian industry and international implications
John R Baldwin and Petr Hanel

John Baldwin from Statistics Canada and fellow economist Petr Hanel have made a valuable contribution to the innovation literature with their comprehensive study of the Canadian manufacturing sector. They draw on a rich source of data in the ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Garrett Upstill

The Economics of the European Patent System: IP Policy for Innovation and Competition
Dominique Guellec, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie

In this book, two chief economists of the European Patent Office (EPO), Dominique Guellec and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, investigate the economics of patent systems, review the organization of EPO, and propose changes to the European ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Zi-Lin He

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography
Koen Frenken

The Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography is a collection of twelve recent studies by a group of excellent scholars from various backgrounds, all of whom are interested in interpreting the phenomena of economic geography through the ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Wenyue Zhuang

Evolutionary Economics and Environmental Policy: Survival of the Greenest
van den Bergh JCJM, Faber A, Idenburg AM and Oosterhuis FH

What are the policy implications that derive from an evolutionary economics approach? Evolutionary economists have discussed this question for a long time. Yet there is little understanding so far of how an evolutionary economics-inspired policy ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Hagen Worch

Finding the Money - How to Raise Venture Capital
Tom McKaskill

Finding the Money - How to Raise Venture Capital is written by Tom McKaskill a successful entrepreneur and the foundation professor for the Richard Pratt Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Leonore Ryan

Open Innovation: The new imperative for creating and profiting from technology
Henry William Chesbrough

Companies that don't innovate die, but meta-innovation (innovating how to innovate) is becoming increasingly the center of the attention. In his book, Chesbrough describes two different paradigms for technological innovation: one internal ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Stefano Mazzocchi

Engineering and Product Development Management: The Holistic Approach
Stephan C Armstrong

The book offers an integrated approach to project management with examples drawn primarily from the aerospace industry. Fourteen chapters are broken into three sections. The first section provides a foundation for product development management and ... Full Text of book review- Only $4.50 »

Reviewed by Michael W Usrey