Innovation Management Breakthrough Performance for Your Organization

Welcome to the Sixth Sigma.  Our collection of fine management books that are currently in print about the management of the innovation process has been compiled by our NPD-practicing staff.  Achieve breakthrough performance for your organization by getting to the sixth sigma.  Click on the image or title for additional information and availability.  The list is frequently updated; so check back often. 

Our Innovation Management Catalog

• Product Innovation Managament Strategy, Pure and Simple: How Winning Companies Outpace Their Competitors by Michel Robert
• Leading Product Innovation : Accelerating Growth in a Product-Based Business by Marvin L. Patterson
• Innovation Management: Leadership Strategies for the Competitive Edge by Thomas D. Kuczmarski
• Market Driven Enterprise : Product Development, Supply Chains, and Manufacturing (Wiley Series in Engineering and Technology Management) by Amiya K. Chakravarty
• Innovation Management & New Product Development by Paul Trott

• Design for Six Sigma: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Profits by Subir Chowdhury
• The Power of Design for Six Sigma by Subir Chowdhury
• Design for Six Sigma: Launching New Products and Services Without Failure by Geoff Tennant
• Design Control to Six Sigma for Medical Devices by Jose Justiniano
• Six Sigma and Beyond: Design for Six Sigma, Volume VI by D. H. Stamatis
• The Art of Innovation Management: Lessons in Creativity from Ideo, America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley

• How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate by Andrew Hargadon
• Creating Breakthrough Products: Innovation from Product Planning to Program Approval by Jonathan Cagan
• Marketing of High-Technology Products and Innovations by Jakki Mohr
• The Seeds of Innovation: Cultivating the Synergy That Fosters New Ideas by Elaine Dundon
• Innovation Management and the General Manager by Clayton M. Christensen
• Blueprints for Innovation: How Creative Processes Can Make You and Your Company More Competitive (MA Management Briefing) by Charles W. Prather
• Momentum: How Companies Become Unstoppable Market Forces by Ron Ricci
• Innovation: Driving Product, Process, and Market Change by Edward B. Roberts
• Creativity in Product Innovation by Jacob Goldenberg
• The Economics of Industrial Innovation - 3rd Edition by Christopher Freeman
• Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore

• Build Smarter With Alternative Materials by Leon A. Frechette
• Mass Customization: The New Frontier in Business Competition by B. Joseph Pine II
• Technology Integration: Making Critical Choices in a Dynamic World (Management of Innovation and Change Series) by Marco Iansiti
• Changing Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Globalization and New Ways of Drug Development by Andre Jungmittag
• Innovation Management: Strategies, Implementation and Profits by Allan Afuah
• Marketing the Unknown: Developing Market Strategies for Technical Innovations by Paul Millier
• Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices: An Innovation, Productivity, and Quality Focus by Jack B. Revelle
• Achieving Planned Innovation: A Proven System for Creating Successful New Products and Services by Frank R. Bacon
• Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation by Robert A. Burgelman

• The Technology Transfer System: Inventions - Marketing - Licensing - Patenting - Setting - Practice - Management - Policy by Albert E. Muir
• Managing New Product Development and Innovation: A Microeconomic Toolbox (New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation series) by Hariolf Grupp
• Product Liability and Innovation: Managing Risk in an Uncertain Environment by Janet R. Hunziker
• From Followers to Leaders: Managing Innovation in Newly Industrializing Countries by Naushad Forbes
• Managing New Product Innovations by William E. Souder
• Market Oriented Product Innovation: A Key to Survival in the Third Millennium by Knut Holt
• Economic Analysis of Product Innovation: The Case of Ct Scanners (Harvard Economic Studies) by Manuel Trajtenberg
• Strategies for Innovation : Creating Successful Products, Systems, and Organizations by William B. Rouse
• Product Innovation and Eco-Efficiency: Twenty-Three Industry Efforts to Reach the Factor 4 (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 1) by Judith E. M. Klostermann
• Inspired Innovations: A Guide to Highly Efficient New Product Development by Phil Wilson
• A Study of Innovative Behavior : In High Technology Product Development Organizations by Mark Anthony Robben
• Beating the Competition with Collaborative Product Commerce: Leveraging the Internet for New Product Innovation Management [DOWNLOAD: PDF] by Aberdeen Group

• Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Pocket Guide by Rath & Strong
• What Is Six Sigma? by Peter S. Pande
• Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development by C. M. Creveling
• Design for Six Sigma : A Roadmap for Product Development by Kai Yang
• Design for Six Sigma (Briefcase Books Series) by Greg Brue
• Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations by Thomas Devane
• What is Lean Six Sigma by Michael L. George
• Design for Six Sigma: Launching New Products and Services Without Failure by Geoff Tennant
• Understanding the Essentials of the Six Sigma Quality Initiative by Harold Star
• Customer Centered Six Sigma: Linking Customers, Process Improvement, and Financial Results by Earl Naumann
• Six Sigma for Electronics Design and Manufacturing (Professional Engineering) by Sammy G. Shina
• Six Sigma for the Office: A Pocket Guide by Roderick A. Munro
• Six Sigma Study Guide by Bryan Dodson
• Design for Six Sigma: Launching New Products and Services Without Failure by Geoff Tennant
• Guiding Successful Six Sigma Projects by Oriel Incorporated
• Six Sigma Deployment by Charlie Wilson

• Six Sigma: What It Is and How to Use It [DOWNLOAD: PDF] by Hal Plotkin
• The Six Sigma Basic Training Kit: Implementing Juran's 6-Step Quality Improvement Process And Six Sigma Tools by The Juran Institute
• Sailing Through Six Sigma - Book & CD Set by Michael Brassard
• Leaning into Six Sigma: The Path to Integration of Lean Enterprise and Sixth Sigma by Chuck Mills
• The Six Sigma Instructor Guide (2nd) by Jay Arthur
• Quality Beyond Six Sigma by Ron Basu
• Sixth Sigma Knowledge Design by Mikel J. Harry
• Applying Project Management to Six Sigma Projects by Delaine Campbell
• Design for Six Sigma [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] by Greg Brue
• Six Sigma for the Shop Floor: A Pocket Guide by Roderick A. Ph.D. Munro
• Six Sigma and Beyond: Design of Experiments by D. H. Stamatis
• Statistical Methods for Six Sigma : In R&D and Manufacturing by Anand Joglekar
• Six Sigma Deployment : A Guide for Implementing Six Sigma in Your Organization by Paul A. Keller
• Six Sigma for Financial Professionals by D. H. Stamatis
• Wisdom on the Green : Smarter Six Sigma Business Solutions by Forrest Iii Breyfogle
• Six Sigma and Beyond: Problem Solving and Basic Mathematics by Dean H. Stamatis
• The Ultimate Six Sigma: Beyond Quality Excellence by Keki R. Bhote
• Sixth Sigma and Beyond: Statistical Process Control by D. H. Stamatis
• Weight Loss Success Using Six Sigma by Sterling Thompson
• Juran Institute's Six Sigma: Breakthrough and Beyond by Juran Institute
• The Six Sigma Revolution [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] by George Eckes
• Design Control to Sixth Sigma for Medical Devices by Jose Justiniano
• The Six Sigma Fieldbook: How to Successfully Implement the Six Sigma Breakthrough Management Strategy by Mikel J. Harry
• Six Sigma and Beyond: Foundations of Excellent Performance by D. H. Stamatis
• The Six Sigma Project Planner [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] by Thomas Pyzdek
• Six Sigma in Service Industries by Elizabeth Keim
• The Sixth Sigma Journey from Art to Science by Larry Walters
• Achieve Lasting Process Improvement: Reach Six Sigma Goals without the Pain by Bennet P. Lientz
• Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations by Thomas Devane
• The Vision of Six Sigma (8 Volume Set) by Mikel Harry
• Six Sigma and Beyond: Design for Six Sigma by D. H. Stamatis
• Six Sigma Quality for Business and Manufacture by Joseph Gordon
• Six Sigma Companion Guide Experimental Design for Practitioners by Marie A. Gaudard
• Sixth Sigma and Related Studies in the Quality Disciplines: The Best on Quality Book Series by International Academy for Quality
• Six Sigma: Continual Improvement for Business by William Truscott
• Six Sigma. [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] by Mikel Harry
• Deploying Six Sigma To Bolster Business Processes and the Bottom Line by American Productivity & Quality Center
• The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams [DOWNLOAD: MICROSOFT READER] by Peter Pande
• Sixth Sigma : SPC and TQM in Manufacturing and Services by Geoff Tennant
• Blending Lean and Six Sigma Workbooks by Larry Rubrich
• Six Sigma: Understanding the Concept, Implications and Challenges by Mario Perez-Wilson

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