Innovative Business Projects : Breaking Complexities, Building Performance, Volume One

This book addresses the project management tools and techniques in reference to innovation management analyzing global-local business scenarios, project environment, and administrative perspectives. It also details the financial, risk management, new project designs, complexities in managing innovation, and developing customer-centric innovation projects. Discussions in the book also deliberate on how innovation business project can be managed systematically to enhance organizational performance.

"…innovation is not just a state of mind of entrepreneurs woven around newinsights but a major challenge rests in commercializing it and gainingcompetitive advantage. Managing innovative business projects is thus an art andscience, which has been meticulously explained in this book by Rajagopalthrough real business examples and illustrations. This book helps the managerslearn how to lead the innovations of start-up enterprises to a successfulbusiness icon. The book is a distinctive reading on innovation projects, whichstands apart from those on the project management. A simple, lucid, andintellectual journey through the book. Kudos to the author…"-Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished, Professor at Tuck School at Dartmouth, and Marvin Bower Fellowat Harvard Business School

"The global competitive environment has become exceedingly complex andchanges more rapidly than most companies realize. Professor Rajagopal offers asystematic approach to how companies can cope with these challenges, remaincompetitive, and innovate. A must read for executives."-Mauro F. Guillen, Anthony L. Davis Director of The Lauder Institute and Dr. Felix Zandman Professor of International Management, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA