Top

Published in:

2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Invisible Cycle

Author : Robert B. Rosenfeld

Published in: Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config

AI-assisted search

Off

Abstract

Why is it that some corporations thrive for decades, only to diminish into financial struggles, demoralizing layoffs, and often, bankruptcy? Perhaps there exists an invisible force or phenomenon that has eluded the leaders of yesterday and today, not unlike microscopic organisms, that were made visible by the advent of the microscope in 1590. If we could turn a “creative lens” on these invisible forces and phenomena, we may discover an opportunity to revitalize the organization and restore it to a time of achievement and success.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 340 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

inform now

previous chapter Sustainability: Challenges for the Future

next chapter Sustainability: Ethical Perspectives

This chapter is adapted from Rosenfeld et al. (2011). Leveraging Differences. The Invisible Element: A Practical Guide for the Human Dynamics of Innovation (pp. 53–73). Rochester: Innovatus Press.

A Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin. Retrieved 2008, from US History. org: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm

Adapted from Rosenfeld, R. B., Wilhelmi, G. J., & Harrison, A. (2011). Leveraging differences. In The invisible element: A practical guide for the human dynamics of innovation (pp. 53–73). Rochester: Innovatus Press.

Beals, G. (1999). The Biography of Thomas Edison. Retrieved 2008, from Thomas Edison.com: http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html

Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man. Retrieved 2008, from The Franklin Institute: http://www.fi.edu/franklin/

Bennis, W., & Biederman, P. W. (1997). Organizing genius. Cambridge: Perseus Books.

Dickens, E. (2005). The Da Vinci notebooks. New York: Arcade.

Drucker, P. Peter Drucker on Knowledge Worker Productivity. Retrieved 2008, from Knowledge Worker Performance.com: http://www.knowledgeworkerperformance.com/Knowledge-Worker- Management/Drucker-Knowledge-Worker-Productivity/default.aspx

Fishbein, T. The legacy of George Washington Carver. Retrieved 2008, from Iowa State University: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/bio.html

Friedman, T. (2005). The world is flat. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

George Washington Carver. Retrieved 2008, from Gale Cengage LearningTM: http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/carver_g.htm

Hong, Lu, & Page, Scott (2004). Groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers. Retrieved from The National Academy of Science: http://www.pnas.org/content/101/46/16385. full.pdf + html

Huitt, W. (2001). The Mind. Retrieved 2007, from Educational Psychology Interactive, Valdosta State University: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/summary/mind.html

Knowledge work and knowledge worker were first used by Drucker. A knowledge worker is an individual valued for their ability to interpret information within a specific area.

Marie Curie. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903. Retrieved 2008, from http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1903/marie-curie- bio.html

Marie Curie. Retrieved 2008, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

Miller, L. M. (1989). Barbarians to bureaucrats: Corporate life cycle strategies (p. 2). New York: Fawcett Columbine.

Plicht, C., & Herschel, F. W. Retrieved 2007, from http://www.plicht.de/chris/06hersch.htm

Renaissance Man. Retrieved 2006, from Museum of Science: http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html

Rosenfeld, R., & Servo, J. (1984). Business and creativity: Making ideas connect. The Futurist, XVII(4), 21–26.

Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. Retrieved 2009, from Film Reference: http://www.filmreference.com/Films-Se-Sno/Snow-White-and-the-Seven-Dwarfs.html

Taylor, P., & Saey, S. Herschel Club – Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. Retrieved 2006, from The Astronomical League: http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/herschel/fwhershs.html

Walt Disney: A Biography. Retrieved 2008, from Disney Archives: http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html

Title: Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Invisible Cycle
Author: Robert B. Rosenfeld
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-38752-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-38753-1

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38753-1_4

Springer Professional

Abstract

Please log in to get access to your license.

Dont have a licence yet? Then find out more about our products and how to get one now:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Technik"

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"