Jan Verloop is consultant in innovation. Besides innovation he has extensive experience in process and product R&D. He advises both start-up and multinationals in Europe, Asia, and America and has built up first-hand experience with successful and failed innovation projects. He is a non-executive director of Oxford Catalysts, a very successful start-up company which started in the cellars of Oxford University and now has facilities in the UK and the USA. He has lectured and advised on innovation in developing countries at major international conferences and smaller think-tanking sessions with heads of state and leaders in government and business.

"Jan Verloop's book is practical and inspirational. Management books can be boring when they only contain descriptions and instruction. This book includes emotions as an integral factor in the business process and convinces the reader that without a vision, without passion and without determination, innovation will not be successful." --Jeroen van der Veer, Vice-Chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell Group"The reader will find a practical and inspirational book with a focus on hands-on experience, which provides a well-rounded theoretical framework. This framework is accompanied by several very valuable examples from Shell, which contribute to the high value of the book. No recipes for success are offered, but a large number of important hints on how to successfully manage innovation are given. This book is a must-have for practitioners, and also provides a good basis for students and academcis in innovation management." --Anja Geritz, Institute for Project Management and Innovation, University of Bremen, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, Vol. 14, No.1, 2005"The overall treatment of innovation by the author is quite different and refreshing to most other books on the subject and considers innovation in a way that will be more attractive and understandable to lay readers. The book is well -illustrated with a useful selection of coloured diagrams and tables, clarifying and reinforcing the meaning of the main text. The quality of reproduction is excellent, with a clear layout throughout and use of chapter summaries. Self-contained with no references to further reading. The book is relatively expensive, but its size and descriptive nature will encourage broad appeal and is suitable for both academics and practitioners." --K.L. Edwards, University of Derby, School of Computing and Technology, MATERIALS AND DESIGN, Vol. 27, 2005

• 1. The innovation process.2. The innovation spectrum.3. Managing innovation. 4. Innovation and entrepreneurship.5. The value of innovation.6. Sustainable innovation.7. Innovation and the CEO.

Jan Verloop is consultant in innovation. Besides innovation he has extensive experience in process and product R&D. He advises both start-up and multinationals in Europe, Asia, and America and has built up first-hand experience with successful and failed innovation projects. He is a non-executive director of Oxford Catalysts, a very successful start-up company which started in the cellars of Oxford University and now has facilities in the UK and the USA. He has lectured and advised on innovation in developing countries at major international conferences and smaller think-tanking sessions with heads of state and leaders in government and business.

"Jan Verloop's book is practical and inspirational. Management books can be boring when they only contain descriptions and instruction. This book includes emotions as an integral factor in the business process and convinces the reader that without a vision, without passion and without determination, innovation will not be successful." --Jeroen van der Veer, Vice-Chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell Group"The reader will find a practical and inspirational book with a focus on hands-on experience, which provides a well-rounded theoretical framework. This framework is accompanied by several very valuable examples from Shell, which contribute to the high value of the book. No recipes for success are offered, but a large number of important hints on how to successfully manage innovation are given. This book is a must-have for practitioners, and also provides a good basis for students and academcis in innovation management." --Anja Geritz, Institute for Project Management and Innovation, University of Bremen, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, Vol. 14, No.1, 2005"The overall treatment of innovation by the author is quite different and refreshing to most other books on the subject and considers innovation in a way that will be more attractive and understandable to lay readers. The book is well -illustrated with a useful selection of coloured diagrams and tables, clarifying and reinforcing the meaning of the main text. The quality of reproduction is excellent, with a clear layout throughout and use of chapter summaries. Self-contained with no references to further reading. The book is relatively expensive, but its size and descriptive nature will encourage broad appeal and is suitable for both academics and practitioners." --K.L. Edwards, University of Derby, School of Computing and Technology, MATERIALS AND DESIGN, Vol. 27, 2005

• 1. The innovation process.2. The innovation spectrum.3. Managing innovation. 4. Innovation and entrepreneurship.5. The value of innovation.6. Sustainable innovation.7. Innovation and the CEO.