Abstract :
As a special benefit to IEEE members, free e-books will be made available in December and January. In December, IEEE-USA is offering “Doing Innovation: Creating Economic Value — Book 1: Perspectives on Innovation.” Written by Gerard H. (Gus) Gaynor, retired 3M Director of Engineering, this is the first e-book in IEEE-USA´s Innovation Series. He penned the series out of his concern that “while innovation appears to receive considerable attention in the academic and business media, these so-called innovations provide little, if any, consistent and significant economic growth.” Topics in the book include “Ambiguities Associated with Innovation,” “Basic Concepts Associated with Innovation,” “Continuum from Idea to Innovation,” “Types of Innovation,” and “How Innovation Takes Place.”
