International Journal of Innovation Science
It is our pleasure to announce the December 2012 issue of the International Journal of Innovation Science (IJIS). Below is a summary of ten articles covering a wide range of innovation topics. (You can download the letters from the Editor and Book Reviews for free.)
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Brett Tusko – IJIS Editor and Chief.
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Innovation in UK companies. An Evaluation of the Implementation of Best Practice in Front End Innovation Processes and Methodologies
Patrick J. Trotter, Jason Vaughan, Advation Ltd
With the global economy facing its toughest test in over 60 years never has it been so important for companies, large and small, to innovate and grow. Whilst few business leaders would argue with this statement, research has highlighted the difficulty that businesses face in developing commercially successful, innovative products and services. It's well documented that between 80-90% of new product launches fail and whilst 80% of business leaders believe that innovation is important 65% are dissatisfied with their ability to innovate. To understand why successful, innovative products and services appears to be so elusive we conducted