Marc Epstein: 18 books
The Innovation Paradox
Why Good Businesses Kill Breakthroughs and How They Can Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
For more than twenty years, major innovations—the kind that transform industries and even societies—seem to have come almost exclusively from startups, despite massive efforts and millions of dollars spent by established companies. Tony Davila and Marc Epstein, authors of the bestselling Making...
Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes
The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
On September 26, 1924, the ground collapsed beneath a truck in a back alley in Washington, D.C., revealing a mysterious underground labyrinth. In spite of wild speculations, the tunnel was not the work of German spies, but rather an aging, eccentric Smithsonian scientist named Harrison Gray Dyar,...
by Tony Davila, Marc Epstein, Robert Shelton
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
A brand new collection of state-of-the-art guides to business innovation and transformation
4 authoritative books help you infuse innovation throughout everything your business does: not just once, but constantly!
This extraordinary collection shows how to make breakthrough,...
by Monique Reece, Michael Tasner, Tony Davila
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
A brand new collection of authoritative guides to marketing innovation 4 authoritative books deliver state-of-the-art guidance for more innovative, more effective, more measurably successful marketing! This 4-book collection will help you bring world-class innovation to marketing and...
Making Innovation Work
How to Manage It, Measure It, and Profit from It, Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Profitable innovation doesn’t just happen. It must be managed, measured, and properly executed, and few companies know how to accomplish this effectively. Making Innovation Work presents a formal innovation process proven to work at HP, Microsoft and Toyota, to help ordinary managers drive top and...
by Tony Davila, Marc Epstein, Robert Shelton
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Making Innovation Work presents a formal innovation process proven to work at HP, Microsoft, and Toyota to help ordinary managers drive top and bottom line growth from innovation. The authors have drawn on their unsurpassed innovation consulting experience -- as well as the most thorough review of...
Measuring and Improving Social Impacts
A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
The world is beset with enormous problems. And as a nonprofit, NGO, foundation, impact investor, or socially responsible company, your organization is on a mission to solve them. But what exactly should you do? And how will you know whether it’s working? Too many people assume that good intentions...
Pharmacy on a Bicycle
Innovative Solutions to Global Health and Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Every four minutes, over 50 children under the age of five die. In the same four minutes, 2 mothers lose their lives in childbirth. Every year, malaria kills nearly 1.2 million people, despite the fact that it can be prevented with a mosquito net and treated for less than $1.50. Sadly, this list goes...
Making Sustainability Work
Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Most companies today have some commitment to corporate social responsibility, but implementing these initiatives can be particularly challenging. While a lot has been written on ethical and strategic factors, there is still a dearth of information on the practical...
Joining a Nonprofit Board
What You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Praise for Joining a Nonprofit Board
""As an individual who has served on various nonprofit boards, and as the president and CEO of a large nonprofit organization, I can attest to how valuable this book is. Marc Epstein and Warren McFarlan offer insight into the expectations of nonprofit...
Organizational Learning Approach to Process Innovations
The Extent and Scope of Diffusion and Adoption in Management Accounting Systems
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
In times of economic turbulence, an organization's ability to learn from its environment and adopt innovations enhances its competitive advantage as well its ability to improve its performance. This book focuses specifically on the contribution learning and innovation in management accounting can...
Globalisation and Contextual Factors in Accounting
The Case of Germany
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This research monograph critically examines convergence of financial reporting in Germany by taking into account the influence of political, social and economic factors on accounting. This study makes an original and significant contribution by examining issues and biases in the convergence process...
by Marc J. Epstein, Tony Davila
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Libro original sobre innovación • Coautor español de gran prestigio mundial Casi todas las empresas y organizaciones que han crecido lo han hecho en base a haber innovado con un producto, servicio o modelo de negocio. Esto les ha permitido ocupar un espacio económico y crecer, pero una vez que...
Through a Catholic Lens
Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Movies are often examined for subtext and dramatizations of social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Studies of well-known Catholic directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, have made the search for Catholic themes a reputable field of examination. Through a Catholic...
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