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Foreword
Executive summary
· Right people, right skills, right time
· Imperatives for innovation leaders
· Research methodology
· Report outline
Chapter 1: Models, structures and roles in successful innovation
· Introduction
· Key innovation roles
· Relationship between roles, strategy and structure
Chapter 2: Types of innovation leader
· The intrapreneur
· The entrepreneur
· The extrapreneur
· Comparison of leadership styles
Chapter 3: Supporting roles
· The innovation team
· The sponsor
· The specialist and the sounding board
Chapter 4: Imperatives for innovation leaders
· Creating a climate for innovation
· Recruiting for innovation
· Team building
· Managing innovation teams
· Rewarding innovation
· Developing skills
· Finding and working with supporters
Chapter 5: Case studies
· 3M
· easyGroup
· British Airways Enterprises
List of figures and tables
· Roles necessary for innovation success
· Innovation roles and the innovation process
· Three business models for innovation
· Structure for corporate new venturing
· Characteristics of the intrapreneur
· Characteristics of the entrepreneur
· Comparison of entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and extrapreneurs
· Characteristics of innovation team members
· Belbin team roles
· Characteristics of the sponsor
