Need, Speed, and Greed / Vaitheeswaran, Vijay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaitheeswaran, Vijay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Diffusion of innovations.

Intellectual capital.

Social problems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How the new rules of innovation can transform businesses, propel nations to greatness, and tame the world's most wicked problems

Place of Publication:

HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Over the past few decades, globalization and Googlization have kicked off the first phase of an innovation revolution more profound and more powerful than any economic force since the arrival of Europeans on North American shores half a millennium ago. These developments have brought us such advances as the Web, social networking, 24/7 connectivity, and global markets. But the benefits of all this progress have not been shared fairly among all. It is true that the elites of Mumbai are closer today to the elites of Manhattan than they were two decades ago, but what about Kansas? The hard-working salarymen of the developed world are not getting wealthier, but the economic elites who have mastered the new rules of global innovation are. Even as rural women in Africa and Asia have seen their lives transformed by mobile phones and the Internet, the middle classes and blue-collar workers in prosperous countries everywhere have been squeezed by the new global realities. And as the first phase of the innovation revolution gives way to a much greater transformation, America and other rich societies must find a path to inclusive growth or else risk being left behind by history. All this leads to the central political and economic question of our age: How can the extraordinary benefits of the innovation revolution be shared more equitably among all of society? In Need, Speed, and Greed , global correspondent for the Economist Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran answers that question, offering the essential insider’s guide to this new world of innovation. Drawing on the best of the academic and field work in this emerging area, Need, Speed, and Greed inspires and empowers readers to improve their lives, their work, and perhaps even the world.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Need: Why Innovation Matters

1: Wicked Problems, Wiki Solutions

2: Cheap and Cheerful

3: Of Stagnation and Rejuvenation

Part Two: Speed: Where Innovation Is Going

4: The Singularity and Its Discontents

5: So Long, Silo

6: Black Swan Kills Sitting Duck

Part Three: Greed: How to Win in the Age of Disruptive Innovation

7: The Sputnik Fallacies

8: Can Dinosaurs Dance?

9: Greed for Good

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Also by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran

Credits

Copyright

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Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed March 13, 2012)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780062096715

0062096710

OCLC:

942004490