* Bestselling author and the "father of Open Innovation" is back with his most expansive, most generally appealing book on Open Innovation in Services. * Shows how to develop new business models in a world moving toward a service economy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction: Open Services and Innovation. 1 The Case for Open Services Innovation. Part 1: A Framework to Spur Innovation and Growth. 2 Think of Your Business as a Services Business. 3 Co-Create with Your Customers. 4 Extend Services Innovation Outside Your Organization. 5 Transform Your Business Model with Services. Part 2: Open Services Innovation in Practice. 6 Open Services Innovation in Larger Companies. 7 Open Services Innovation in Smaller Companies. 8 Open Services Innovation for Services Businesses. 9 Open Services Innovation in Emerging Economies. 10 Open Services Innovation: The Way Forward. Notes. The Author. Index.

About the Author

Henry Chesbrough is professor and executive director of the Center for Open Innovation at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he was a professor at the Harvard Business School. His book Open Innovation was named Best Business Book by Strategy & Business magazine, and the best book on innovation on NPR's All Things Considered. His second book, Open Business Models, was named one of the 10 best business books by BusinessWeek, and Scientific American rated him as one of its Top 50 business and technology leaders.

Reviews

‘…thoughtful new book on innovation'. (Economist.com, January 2011). ‘…this is a book I can only recommend as an essential read…Chesbrough has certainly raised the bar on service innovation.' (InnovationManagement.se, January 2011). ‘…looks beyond product and technological platforms to a world where consumer-facing services provide the strategy for high-value, high-growth employment.' (Guardian.co.uk, February 2011). ‘...offers a great vision for the future and provides inspiration for how companies in both developed and developing economies could create more high value and satisfying jobs.' (Anatello, November 2011)