Bookshelf

SCIENCE AND INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT,
by Gordon Conway and Jeff Waage, UK Collaborative on Development Sciences, 2010.
This book describes science as a tool for providing evidence and discovering solutions which has been neglected recently by many key decision makers.

CHANGE BY DESIGN: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation,
by Tim Brown and Barry Katz, Harper Business, 2009.
This book introduces the idea of design thinking‚ the collaborative process by which the designer’s sensibilities and methods are employed to match people’s needs.

INNOVATION TOURNAMENTS: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities,
by Christian Terwiesch and Karl T. Ulrich, Harvard Business School Press, 2009.
This book provides a principled approach for the effective management of innovation tournaments—identifying a wealth of promising opportunities.

INNOVATION POLICY: A Guide for Developing Countries.
World Bank, 2010.
This guidebook draws upon a large and diversified set of policy areas as sources of knowledge and competence in order to provide a holistic discussion of innovation policy. It offers a broad methodological framework into which concerned policy making communities can design, conceive and implement policy measures adapted to their context.

TECHNOLOGY, ADAPTATION, AND EXPORTS: How Some Developing Countries Got it Right,
by Vandana Chandra, The World Bank, 2006.
Using 10 case studies from developing countries, this book examines how governments fostered technological adaptation through public-private partnerships to develop world-class exporters in highgrowth, non-traditional industries.

DISRUPTING CLASS: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns,
by Clayton Christensen et al., McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and unprecedented insights on how innovation must be managed, Disrupting Class opens our eyes to new possibilities, unlock hidden potential, and make us think differently. The authors provide a bold new lesson in innovation.

STRATEGIC INTUITION: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement,
by William R. Duggan, Columbia University Press, 2007.
William Duggan has written an eye-opening book that shows how strategic intuition lies at the heart of great achievements throughout human history.

THE POWER OF UNREASONABLE PEOPLE: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World,
by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan, Harvard Business School, 2008.
Through vivid stories, the authors identify the highly unconventional entrepreneurs who are solving some of the world's most pressing economic, social, and environmental problems.

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INNOVATION (Oxford Handbooks),
Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery, and Richard R. Nelson, eds., Oxford University Press, USA, 2006.
The rapidly increasing body of literature on innovation is characterized by a multitude of perspectives. The editors of The Oxford Handbook of Innovation have selected twenty-one contributions from leading academic experts, each focusing on a specific aspect of innovation.

Innovations. A Quarterly Journal Published by MIT Press.
Each issue consists of four sections: Lead essay; cases authored by innovators; analysis; and perspectives on policy.
(mitpressjournals.org/innovations)

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