000 01305nam a2200169Ia 4500
020 _a978-0892562943
082 _a306.42 NAY
100 _aNayak, P. Ranaganath; Ketteringham, John M
245 _aBreak-throughs!
260 _c1986
_bRawson Associates
_aNew York
300 _aix,371 p.
_b24 cm ; Hard Bound
500 _a$16.95
505 _a Innovators, inventors, and facilitators -- Stalking the breakthrough: we begin our journeys -- JVC and the VCR miracle: "you should be very polite and gentle" -- 3M's little yellow note pads: "never mind. I'll do it myself." -- ChemLawn: Dick Duke's lonely battle -- Tagamet: repairing ulcers without surgery -- Walkman: from "dumb product" to the headphone culture -- "Problems! we've got to have problems!" -- The microwave oven: " 'this black magic!" -- Toyota: the supermarket for cars -- A teacher of competitive response -- Nautilus: the unfinished breakthrough -- Dreams deferred -- Federal Express: the knights on the last white horse -- The message for managers.
520 _aHow the vision and drive of innovators in sixteen companies created commercial breakthroughs that swept the world." "Based on an international study of innovation by Arthur D. Little, In
650 _aNew products
_aCreative ability in business
_aInventions
942 _cBK
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