2nd Edition

Innovation Renaissance Defining, Debunking, and Demystifying Creativity

By John E. Ettlie Copyright 2025
226 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The first edition of Innovation Renaissance was published just before the onset of Covid-19, begging the question: can innovation stand the test of a truly global crisis, such as the pandemic? The answer, as author John E. Ettlie finds in this revised and updated second edition, is a resounding "YES"! Built around the central narrative of the development of the vaccines to combat... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Defining, Debunking, and Demystifying Innovation  3. Radical Innovation  4. Theories of Innovation  5. New Products  6. New Services  7. Process Innovation  8. Information Technology  9. Creativity and Innovation  10. The Dark Side of the Innovation Process  11. Innovation Renaissance  12. Innovation by Design

Biography

John E. Ettlie is Professor in the Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology. He earned his PhD at Northwestern University and has held appointments since then at the University of Illinois Chicago, De Paul University, and the University of Michigan. He has published over 125 articles and has authored or co-authored eight books. Dr. Ettlie was ranked eighth in the world among innovation management scholars (Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2012, 29/2). He has published widely on subjects focused on the innovation process including science and technology policy such as his co-edited and contributed chapters in a book with Dr. Ron Hira, titled Engineering Globalization Reshoring and Nearshoring: Management and Policy Issues (2019). This is the second edition of his often-adopted textbook titled Innovation Renaissance. The first edition of the text has been reviewed as "Perfect as a review for people starting out in the field of innovation management." Recent journal articles include a co-authored article that will appear in the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2021) and is titled "R&D Dynamic Capabilities in a Changing Regulatory Context." In addition, he co-authored another article on strategy with P.T. Gianiodis and R.S. Murthy: "How Do External Networks and Strategic Targeting Impact Open Innovation in the Global Auto Industry" in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2022). As of this writing, he has accumulated a total of 11,584 citations in Google Scholar.