The VDSI project to publish three books in 2015 and 2016

Three international publishers have accepted book proposals from the VDSI project for publication in years 2015 and 2016. All books spring from the funding of the BIA-program in the Research Council of Norway (NFR).

The first book, "Innovation in an Advanced Consumer Society", presents the theoretical rationale for a new theory of innovation and launches a new model named the Service Innovation Triangle. The book is to be published by Oxford University Press in Januar 2016. Authors are Peder Inge Furseth and Richard Cuthbertson. To read more about the book please click here.

The second book, "Innovating in a Service-Driven Economy: Insights, Application, and Practice", focuses on how to apply the Service Innovation Triangle for commercial enterprises. A number of comparative case studies are presented. Like Apple vs Nokia, Facebook vs MySpace, Amazon vs Borders and Kodak vs Xerox. This book was published by Palgrave Macmillan, New York, in September 2015. Authors are Richard Cuthbertson, Peder Inge Furseth and Stephen Ezell. To read more about the book please click here. 

The third book, "Innovation and Culture in Public Services: The Case of Independent Living", applies the Service Innovation Triangle for public organizations. It presents a study on how technology and innovation may contribute to ease the challenges of an ever increasing number of elderly globally. The book is based on interviews with persons who turn 70 years in year 2033 in the US, UK, Norway and Japan. The book is to be published by Edward Elgar in April 2016. The authors are Steven DeMello (UC Berkeley) and Peder Inge Furseth (BI). To read more about the book please click here.

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