INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ŻUBER R. EDITOR Księgarnia

Innovation and knowledge management

Select theoretical and practical issues

The book Innovation and Knowledge Management includes selected theoretical and practical issues. It presents selected results of analyses, studies and theoretical considerations, as well as practical experiences of the authors working or co-operating with the Department of Innovation Management at the Faculty of Management at Warsaw University of Technology.

It features basic concepts, terms and their relationships with the management of innovation and knowledge management. It presents the fundamental determinants of creativity of activity and innovation in the organisation. It presents the principles of organising teams of creative problem solving, of the classical organising structures for the implementation of innovative projects and of changes in the direction of the network and virtual organisation. Basic factors decisive for mapping the structure and for the selection of planning methods for innovative undertakings are presented. The publication identifies and describes selected methods and techniques available for use in managing innovation, at the same time presenting the research results regarding their practical application.

Table of Contents

From the Authors

Chapter 1
BASIC CONCEPTS OF INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

1.1. Definitions of innovation, their sources and parameters
(Krystyna Agata Lamparska-Jasińska)
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1.2. Knowledge and its types. Fundamentals of Knowledge Management
(Urszula Kąkol)
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Chapter 2
CREATIVE ACTIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(Ryszard Żuber)

2.1. Creative activity and innovation in the organisation
2.2. Setting up teams of creative problem solving and innovation management
2.3. Planning for innovative enterprise
2.4. Methods and techniques for managing innovation
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Chapter 3
MODERN CONCEPTS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS ORGANISATIONAL INNOVATIONS
(Krystyna Agata Lamparska-Jasińska)

3.1. Modern management methods and concepts
3.2. Techniques correcting the negative attitudes of employees
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Chapter 4
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
(Tadeusz Kubik)

4.1. Efficiency and the basis for innovative enterprises
4.2. Evaluation of economic efficiency of an innovation project
4.3. Performance indicators for innovative projects
4.4. Case study . a valuation of construction documentation
Literature

Chapter 5
MODELLING THE INVESTMENT RISK INVOLVED IN INNOVATIVE PROJECTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES USING SELECTED METHODS
(Tomasz Krawczyk)

5.1. Classification and definition of the high-tech sector
5.2. Investment and risk identification in the high-tech sector
5.3. Modelling the net present value (NPV) using Monte Carlo simulation in innovative projects
5.4. Real options and their application in innovative projects of the sector of advanced technologies
5.5. Valuation of real options based on the Black-Scholes model and the binomial model
5.6. Using the econometric time series for modelling the volatility of the instrument price in the Black-Scholes model and in the binomial model
5.7. Selected example of an innovative project risk modelling using the cancellation option in high-tech industry
5.8. Discussion of certain aspects of risk modelling
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Chapter 6
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
(Urszula Kąkol)

6.1. Approaches to knowledge management
6.2. Instruments of knowledge management
6.3. Management of production knowledge
6.4. Knowledge management and the challenges of the XXI century
6.5. Knowledge management and the knowledge-based economy
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List of tables and figures

223 pages, Paperback

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