Taylor & Francis GroupTaylor & Francis Group
Search all titles
  • Login
  • Hi, User  
    • Your Account
    • Logout
  • Search all titles
  • Search all collections
Scalable Innovation
loading
Scalable Innovation

A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals

Scalable Innovation

A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals

ByEugene Shteyn, Max Shtein
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 19 April 2016
Pub. location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1201/b15013
Pages 333 pages
eBook ISBN 9781466590984
SubjectsEngineering & Technology, Physical Sciences
Get Citation

Get Citation

Shteyn, E., Shtein, M. (2013). Scalable Innovation. Boca Raton: CRC Press, https://doi.org/10.1201/b15013
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000 becomes a successful product or service. Scalable Innovation: A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals introduces a model for the innovation process, helping innovators to understand the nature and timing of opportunities and risks on the path to

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
- Invention: An Attempt to Improve the World
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
- Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System Model
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
- Understanding Patents: An Application of the System Model
View abstract
chapter 4|10 pages
- System Interfaces: How the Elements Work Together
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
- System Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver Bullets
View abstract
chapter 6|4 pages
- Outside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative Thinking
View abstract
chapter 7|6 pages
- Seeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the Boundaries of a System
View abstract
chapter 8|8 pages
- Inventor’s Luck: A System Perspective
View abstract
chapter 9|12 pages
- The Three Magicians: Tools for Flexible Thinking
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
- Imagination Development: Seeing the World beyond Present-Day Constraints
View abstract
chapter 11|4 pages
- The S Curve: Dynamics of Systems Thinking
View abstract
chapter 12|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Synthesis
View abstract
chapter 13|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Early Growth
View abstract
chapter 14|4 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Distribution Buildup
View abstract
chapter 15|4 pages
- Growing Up: A Paradigm Shift within the System
View abstract
chapter 16|6 pages
- Infrastructure Innovations: Timing Is Everything
View abstract
chapter 17|6 pages
- Infrastructure and Growth: Zooming In on the Micro Level
View abstract
chapter 18|4 pages
A Stage of System Evolution: Efciency
View abstract
chapter 19|10 pages
- Payload Evolution: From Physical to Virtual
View abstract
chapter 20|6 pages
- The Web Is Dead: Abandoning Documents and Files in Favor of Information Streams
View abstract
chapter 21|12 pages
- Deconstructing Luck: Factors Affecting the Success of a System
View abstract
chapter 22|10 pages
- Seeing the Invisible: The System behind the New Internet
View abstract
chapter 23|6 pages
- The Book Electric: A Scenario of E-Book Evolution
View abstract
chapter 24|4 pages
- Payload Overload: Managing the Ever-Increasing Flows of Information
View abstract
chapter 25|4 pages
- Anticipating Control Problems: The Telegram before the Train
View abstract
chapter 26|4 pages
System Efciency: Solving Detection Problems to Improve Control
View abstract
chapter 27|4 pages
- Stages of System Evolution: Deep Integration
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
- Choosing the Right Problem: Matching Innovation Targets with Stages of System Evolution
View abstract
chapter 29|6 pages
- Tech Battles: Discovering System-Level Competitive Advantages
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
- TiVo versus VCR: A Detailed Application Example of the Tech Battle Technique
View abstract

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000 becomes a successful product or service. Scalable Innovation: A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals introduces a model for the innovation process, helping innovators to understand the nature and timing of opportunities and risks on the path to

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
- Invention: An Attempt to Improve the World
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
- Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System Model
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
- Understanding Patents: An Application of the System Model
View abstract
chapter 4|10 pages
- System Interfaces: How the Elements Work Together
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
- System Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver Bullets
View abstract
chapter 6|4 pages
- Outside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative Thinking
View abstract
chapter 7|6 pages
- Seeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the Boundaries of a System
View abstract
chapter 8|8 pages
- Inventor’s Luck: A System Perspective
View abstract
chapter 9|12 pages
- The Three Magicians: Tools for Flexible Thinking
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
- Imagination Development: Seeing the World beyond Present-Day Constraints
View abstract
chapter 11|4 pages
- The S Curve: Dynamics of Systems Thinking
View abstract
chapter 12|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Synthesis
View abstract
chapter 13|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Early Growth
View abstract
chapter 14|4 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Distribution Buildup
View abstract
chapter 15|4 pages
- Growing Up: A Paradigm Shift within the System
View abstract
chapter 16|6 pages
- Infrastructure Innovations: Timing Is Everything
View abstract
chapter 17|6 pages
- Infrastructure and Growth: Zooming In on the Micro Level
View abstract
chapter 18|4 pages
A Stage of System Evolution: Efciency
View abstract
chapter 19|10 pages
- Payload Evolution: From Physical to Virtual
View abstract
chapter 20|6 pages
- The Web Is Dead: Abandoning Documents and Files in Favor of Information Streams
View abstract
chapter 21|12 pages
- Deconstructing Luck: Factors Affecting the Success of a System
View abstract
chapter 22|10 pages
- Seeing the Invisible: The System behind the New Internet
View abstract
chapter 23|6 pages
- The Book Electric: A Scenario of E-Book Evolution
View abstract
chapter 24|4 pages
- Payload Overload: Managing the Ever-Increasing Flows of Information
View abstract
chapter 25|4 pages
- Anticipating Control Problems: The Telegram before the Train
View abstract
chapter 26|4 pages
System Efciency: Solving Detection Problems to Improve Control
View abstract
chapter 27|4 pages
- Stages of System Evolution: Deep Integration
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
- Choosing the Right Problem: Matching Innovation Targets with Stages of System Evolution
View abstract
chapter 29|6 pages
- Tech Battles: Discovering System-Level Competitive Advantages
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
- TiVo versus VCR: A Detailed Application Example of the Tech Battle Technique
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000 becomes a successful product or service. Scalable Innovation: A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals introduces a model for the innovation process, helping innovators to understand the nature and timing of opportunities and risks on the path to

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
- Invention: An Attempt to Improve the World
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
- Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System Model
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
- Understanding Patents: An Application of the System Model
View abstract
chapter 4|10 pages
- System Interfaces: How the Elements Work Together
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
- System Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver Bullets
View abstract
chapter 6|4 pages
- Outside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative Thinking
View abstract
chapter 7|6 pages
- Seeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the Boundaries of a System
View abstract
chapter 8|8 pages
- Inventor’s Luck: A System Perspective
View abstract
chapter 9|12 pages
- The Three Magicians: Tools for Flexible Thinking
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
- Imagination Development: Seeing the World beyond Present-Day Constraints
View abstract
chapter 11|4 pages
- The S Curve: Dynamics of Systems Thinking
View abstract
chapter 12|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Synthesis
View abstract
chapter 13|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Early Growth
View abstract
chapter 14|4 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Distribution Buildup
View abstract
chapter 15|4 pages
- Growing Up: A Paradigm Shift within the System
View abstract
chapter 16|6 pages
- Infrastructure Innovations: Timing Is Everything
View abstract
chapter 17|6 pages
- Infrastructure and Growth: Zooming In on the Micro Level
View abstract
chapter 18|4 pages
A Stage of System Evolution: Efciency
View abstract
chapter 19|10 pages
- Payload Evolution: From Physical to Virtual
View abstract
chapter 20|6 pages
- The Web Is Dead: Abandoning Documents and Files in Favor of Information Streams
View abstract
chapter 21|12 pages
- Deconstructing Luck: Factors Affecting the Success of a System
View abstract
chapter 22|10 pages
- Seeing the Invisible: The System behind the New Internet
View abstract
chapter 23|6 pages
- The Book Electric: A Scenario of E-Book Evolution
View abstract
chapter 24|4 pages
- Payload Overload: Managing the Ever-Increasing Flows of Information
View abstract
chapter 25|4 pages
- Anticipating Control Problems: The Telegram before the Train
View abstract
chapter 26|4 pages
System Efciency: Solving Detection Problems to Improve Control
View abstract
chapter 27|4 pages
- Stages of System Evolution: Deep Integration
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
- Choosing the Right Problem: Matching Innovation Targets with Stages of System Evolution
View abstract
chapter 29|6 pages
- Tech Battles: Discovering System-Level Competitive Advantages
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
- TiVo versus VCR: A Detailed Application Example of the Tech Battle Technique
View abstract

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000 becomes a successful product or service. Scalable Innovation: A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals introduces a model for the innovation process, helping innovators to understand the nature and timing of opportunities and risks on the path to

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
- Invention: An Attempt to Improve the World
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
- Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System Model
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
- Understanding Patents: An Application of the System Model
View abstract
chapter 4|10 pages
- System Interfaces: How the Elements Work Together
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
- System Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver Bullets
View abstract
chapter 6|4 pages
- Outside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative Thinking
View abstract
chapter 7|6 pages
- Seeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the Boundaries of a System
View abstract
chapter 8|8 pages
- Inventor’s Luck: A System Perspective
View abstract
chapter 9|12 pages
- The Three Magicians: Tools for Flexible Thinking
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
- Imagination Development: Seeing the World beyond Present-Day Constraints
View abstract
chapter 11|4 pages
- The S Curve: Dynamics of Systems Thinking
View abstract
chapter 12|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Synthesis
View abstract
chapter 13|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Early Growth
View abstract
chapter 14|4 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Distribution Buildup
View abstract
chapter 15|4 pages
- Growing Up: A Paradigm Shift within the System
View abstract
chapter 16|6 pages
- Infrastructure Innovations: Timing Is Everything
View abstract
chapter 17|6 pages
- Infrastructure and Growth: Zooming In on the Micro Level
View abstract
chapter 18|4 pages
A Stage of System Evolution: Efciency
View abstract
chapter 19|10 pages
- Payload Evolution: From Physical to Virtual
View abstract
chapter 20|6 pages
- The Web Is Dead: Abandoning Documents and Files in Favor of Information Streams
View abstract
chapter 21|12 pages
- Deconstructing Luck: Factors Affecting the Success of a System
View abstract
chapter 22|10 pages
- Seeing the Invisible: The System behind the New Internet
View abstract
chapter 23|6 pages
- The Book Electric: A Scenario of E-Book Evolution
View abstract
chapter 24|4 pages
- Payload Overload: Managing the Ever-Increasing Flows of Information
View abstract
chapter 25|4 pages
- Anticipating Control Problems: The Telegram before the Train
View abstract
chapter 26|4 pages
System Efciency: Solving Detection Problems to Improve Control
View abstract
chapter 27|4 pages
- Stages of System Evolution: Deep Integration
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
- Choosing the Right Problem: Matching Innovation Targets with Stages of System Evolution
View abstract
chapter 29|6 pages
- Tech Battles: Discovering System-Level Competitive Advantages
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
- TiVo versus VCR: A Detailed Application Example of the Tech Battle Technique
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000 becomes a successful product or service. Scalable Innovation: A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals introduces a model for the innovation process, helping innovators to understand the nature and timing of opportunities and risks on the path to

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
- Invention: An Attempt to Improve the World
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
- Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System Model
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
- Understanding Patents: An Application of the System Model
View abstract
chapter 4|10 pages
- System Interfaces: How the Elements Work Together
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
- System Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver Bullets
View abstract
chapter 6|4 pages
- Outside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative Thinking
View abstract
chapter 7|6 pages
- Seeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the Boundaries of a System
View abstract
chapter 8|8 pages
- Inventor’s Luck: A System Perspective
View abstract
chapter 9|12 pages
- The Three Magicians: Tools for Flexible Thinking
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
- Imagination Development: Seeing the World beyond Present-Day Constraints
View abstract
chapter 11|4 pages
- The S Curve: Dynamics of Systems Thinking
View abstract
chapter 12|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Synthesis
View abstract
chapter 13|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Early Growth
View abstract
chapter 14|4 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Distribution Buildup
View abstract
chapter 15|4 pages
- Growing Up: A Paradigm Shift within the System
View abstract
chapter 16|6 pages
- Infrastructure Innovations: Timing Is Everything
View abstract
chapter 17|6 pages
- Infrastructure and Growth: Zooming In on the Micro Level
View abstract
chapter 18|4 pages
A Stage of System Evolution: Efciency
View abstract
chapter 19|10 pages
- Payload Evolution: From Physical to Virtual
View abstract
chapter 20|6 pages
- The Web Is Dead: Abandoning Documents and Files in Favor of Information Streams
View abstract
chapter 21|12 pages
- Deconstructing Luck: Factors Affecting the Success of a System
View abstract
chapter 22|10 pages
- Seeing the Invisible: The System behind the New Internet
View abstract
chapter 23|6 pages
- The Book Electric: A Scenario of E-Book Evolution
View abstract
chapter 24|4 pages
- Payload Overload: Managing the Ever-Increasing Flows of Information
View abstract
chapter 25|4 pages
- Anticipating Control Problems: The Telegram before the Train
View abstract
chapter 26|4 pages
System Efciency: Solving Detection Problems to Improve Control
View abstract
chapter 27|4 pages
- Stages of System Evolution: Deep Integration
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
- Choosing the Right Problem: Matching Innovation Targets with Stages of System Evolution
View abstract
chapter 29|6 pages
- Tech Battles: Discovering System-Level Competitive Advantages
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
- TiVo versus VCR: A Detailed Application Example of the Tech Battle Technique
View abstract

Innovation is a primary source of economic growth, and yet only one idea out of 3,000 becomes a successful product or service. Scalable Innovation: A Guide for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and IP Professionals introduces a model for the innovation process, helping innovators to understand the nature and timing of opportunities and risks on the path to

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|2 pages
- Invention: An Attempt to Improve the World
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
- Understanding Inventions: A Brief Introduction to the System Model
View abstract
chapter 3|12 pages
- Understanding Patents: An Application of the System Model
View abstract
chapter 4|10 pages
- System Interfaces: How the Elements Work Together
View abstract
chapter 5|18 pages
- System Control Points: Where to Aim the Silver Bullets
View abstract
chapter 6|4 pages
- Outside the Box: Developing Skills for Creative Thinking
View abstract
chapter 7|6 pages
- Seeing the Outlines of the Box: Discovering the Boundaries of a System
View abstract
chapter 8|8 pages
- Inventor’s Luck: A System Perspective
View abstract
chapter 9|12 pages
- The Three Magicians: Tools for Flexible Thinking
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
- Imagination Development: Seeing the World beyond Present-Day Constraints
View abstract
chapter 11|4 pages
- The S Curve: Dynamics of Systems Thinking
View abstract
chapter 12|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Synthesis
View abstract
chapter 13|10 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Early Growth
View abstract
chapter 14|4 pages
- A Stage of System Evolution: Distribution Buildup
View abstract
chapter 15|4 pages
- Growing Up: A Paradigm Shift within the System
View abstract
chapter 16|6 pages
- Infrastructure Innovations: Timing Is Everything
View abstract
chapter 17|6 pages
- Infrastructure and Growth: Zooming In on the Micro Level
View abstract
chapter 18|4 pages
A Stage of System Evolution: Efciency
View abstract
chapter 19|10 pages
- Payload Evolution: From Physical to Virtual
View abstract
chapter 20|6 pages
- The Web Is Dead: Abandoning Documents and Files in Favor of Information Streams
View abstract
chapter 21|12 pages
- Deconstructing Luck: Factors Affecting the Success of a System
View abstract
chapter 22|10 pages
- Seeing the Invisible: The System behind the New Internet
View abstract
chapter 23|6 pages
- The Book Electric: A Scenario of E-Book Evolution
View abstract
chapter 24|4 pages
- Payload Overload: Managing the Ever-Increasing Flows of Information
View abstract
chapter 25|4 pages
- Anticipating Control Problems: The Telegram before the Train
View abstract
chapter 26|4 pages
System Efciency: Solving Detection Problems to Improve Control
View abstract
chapter 27|4 pages
- Stages of System Evolution: Deep Integration
View abstract
chapter 28|10 pages
- Choosing the Right Problem: Matching Innovation Targets with Stages of System Evolution
View abstract
chapter 29|6 pages
- Tech Battles: Discovering System-Level Competitive Advantages
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
- TiVo versus VCR: A Detailed Application Example of the Tech Battle Technique
View abstract
Taylor & Francis Group
Policies
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Cookie Policy
Journals
  • Taylor & Francis Online
  • CogentOA
Corporate
  • Taylor & Francis
    Group
  • Taylor & Francis Group
Help & Contact
  • Students/Researchers
  • Librarians/Institutions

Connect with us

Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2018 Informa UK Limited