Tsoknyi Rinpoche's story is an unusual one: as a rebellious young man, he fled a monastery to marry & raise a family, then returned to Nepal & has since become a preeminent Tibetan Buddhist teacher. This book offers Rinpoche's history as an example of how to lead a compassionate life, regardless of status, tradition or circumstances. ...

Romantic drama where a tragic accident brings two people together. Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) & Cecilie (Sonja Richter) are madly in love & plan to marry. Joachim is left paralyzed from the neck down following an accident. Marie (Paprika Steen), the woman responsible for the accident, asks her doctor husb&, Niels (Mads Mikkelsen) to take care of Cecilie. It doesn't take long before Cecilie & Niels are lovers & have to deal with the guilt they feel towards the partners they said they would not leave. ...

The information revolution has made for a radically more fluid knowledge environment, & the growth of venture capital has created inexorable pressure towards fast commercialisation of technologies. Companies that don't use the technologies they develop are likely to lose them. ...

Henry Chesbrough & his collaborators investigate the phenomenon of ' Open Innovation', in which firms draw on research & development outside their own boundaries. The book's contributors link the practice of open innovation to the established body of innovation research, showing what's new & what's familiar in the process. ...

Shows how companies can use their business model to identify an enlightened role for R&D in a world of abundant information, manage & access intellectual property, advance their current business, & grow their future business. This book shows how open innovation can unlock the latent economic value in a company's ideas & technologies. ...

This book discusses open business models in the financial services industry. It explores the developments during the last twenty years, including the subprime crisis & explains the vital transition from a closed model of operation to open innovation. ...