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Traditional management systems were designed to manage routine operations, not to manage innovation. The kinds of management systems we typically have in large companies throw up many roadblocks to innovation. This book compares the management systems of highly innovative companies with those of more typical companies to see how they are different. These are compared across different aspects of management including organization structure, communications systems, incentives, project funding systems, etc. The book contains detailed guidance on how to change management practices to be more innovative.
This book answers the question of how to improve the innovation performance of large companies. It discusses how a wide range of management systems and practices impact innovation performance. Having observed a number of management teams that were trying to improve innovation performance, the author describes the most effective ways to do this. He looks at what management systems to change first, how to change them, and who to involve in the process. Finally, he discusses how the ideal innovation system differs across industries and how managers should take industry differences into account as they work to improve their innovation systems.
The kinds of management systems typically used in large companies throw up many roadblocks to innovation. This book compares the management systems of highly innovative companies with those of more typical companies and shows how they are different. Twenty different aspects of management are compared, from organization structure to communications systems to incentives to project funding systems.
This book provides a general overview of syngas technologies as
well as an in-depth analysis of the steam reforming process. Syngas
is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon oxides which can be made from
hydrocarbons, coal and biomass. It is an important intermediate in
the chemical industry for manufacture of ammonia, methanol and
other petrochemicals as well as hydrogen for refineries and fuel
cells. Syngas is playing a growing role in the energy sector,
because it can be converted into a number of important energy
carriers and fuels. Syngas catalysis creates new options and
flexibility in the complex energy network. The steam reforming
process is the main technology today for manufacture of syngas. It
is a complex intern-mingling of catalysis and heat transfer with
restrictions caused by secondary phenomena such as carbon
formation. Many of the principles are applicable for other
gasification technologies of growing importance. Concepts of Syngas
Preparation aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to this
complex field of growing importance and gives a detailed analysis
of the catalyst and process problems. This book also serves as an
important link between science and industry by illustrating how the
basic principles can be applied to solve design issues and
operational problems.
This volume deals with the interaction between moments of excited
or radioactive nuclei and electromagnetic fields. The experimental
techniques developed for the observation of this hyperfine
interaction are governed by the lifetime of the nuc lear states in
question. The dynamics of the interaction are reflected by the time
dependence of the spatial distribution of the radioactive decay
radiation. Basically, the experiments yield information on the
energy shifts and/or splittings of the nuc lear levels. These
quantities are determined essentially by the product of the nuc
lear moment and the electromagnetic field acting at the site of the
nucleus. Due to the strong decrease in the fields with distance,
the measurements probe these fields within a highly localized
region centered around the radioactive nuclei. Detailed
experimental methods with numerous ramifications were developed in
the early sixties. In the period which followed, the main emphasis
was on excitation of short-lived nuclear states by means of pulsed
particle accelerators, implantation of radioactive nuclei, and
production of polarized a-unstable nuclei by nuclear re actions
with polarized neutrons or particles. The seventies were a period
of fruit ful applications directed to extensive studies of the
moments of excited nuclear states on the one hand, and local
internal fields on the other, resulting in far reaching information
on atomic and solid-state properties. The organization of this
Topics volume follows these main lines of research."
The central role of RNA in many cellular processes, in
biotechnology, and as pharmaceutical agents, has created an
interest in experimental methods applied to RNA molecules. This
book provides scientists with a comprehensive collection of
thoroughly tested up-to-date manuals for investigating RNA-protein
complexes "in vitro." The protocols can be performed by researchers
trained in standard molecular biological techniques and require a
minimum of specialized equipment. The procedures include
recommendation of suppliers of reagents.
The central role of RNA in many cellular processes, in
biotechnology, and as pharmaceutical agents, has created an
interest in experimental methods applied to RNA molecules. This
book provides scientists with a comprehensive collection of
thoroughly tested up-to-date manuals for investigating RNA-protein
complexes "in vitro." The protocols can be performed by researchers
trained in standard molecular biological techniques and require a
minimum of specialized equipment. The procedures include
recommendation of suppliers of reagents.
Traditional management systems were designed to manage routine
operations, not to manage innovation. The kinds of management
systems we typically have in large companies throw up many
roadblocks to innovation. This book compares the management systems
of highly innovative companies with those of more typical companies
to see how they are different. These are compared across different
aspects of management including organization structure,
communications systems, incentives, project funding systems, etc.
The book contains detailed guidance on how to change management
practices to be more innovative.
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