Innovation--The Missing Dimension

Richard K. Lester

Michael J. Piore

    Introduction

    1. Integration in Cell Phones, Blue Jeans, and Medical Devices

    2. Where Do Problems Come From?

    3. Conversation, Interpretation, and Ambiguity

    4. The Missed Connections of Modern Management

    5. Combining Analysis and Interpretation

    6. Public Space

    7. Universities as Public Spaces

    8. Learning the Right Lessons about Competitiveness

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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Richard K. Lester is Director of the Industrial Performance Center and Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Michael J. Piore is David W. Skinner Professor of Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of several books, including, with Charles F. Sabel, The Second Industrial Divide.