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The article presents the book "Blitzscaling: the lightning-fast path to building massively valuable companies" by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh, which offers business ideas for the exponential growth of digital and traditional companies. It emphasizes rapid growth and prioritizes speed over efficiency. The article also mentions network effects and the three techniques of accelerated growth: innovation in the business model, innovation in strategy, and innovation in management. In a world of constant change and uncertainty, those who are willing to act quickly will have a disproportionate advantage. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Research on the Management of Innovation: The Minnesota Studies," edited by Andrew H. Van de Ven, Harold L. Angle, and Marshall Scott Poole.

This research article assesses the role that ingenuity and organizational learning play in companies' adopting innovative entrepreneurial projects. To test a pertinent set of proposed hypotheses, empirical data were collected from 250 industrial companies in Tunisia, via a questionnaire survey. Across all entrepreneurial acts or praxis in the sample, the results show that, ingenuity's two dimensions: extrapolation and interpolation, and organizational learning's additional two dimensions: exploration and operating, can potentially have a significant positive effect on companies' adoption appropriation and opportunity creation for innovative business enterprises. Taking these salient notions into consideration can be crucial to both exploiting and generating successful innovative business projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a review of the book "Innovation and Organizations," by Gerald Zaltman, Robert Duncan, and Jonny Holbek.

The article reviews the book "Technology and Change," by Donald A. Schon.

The article reviews the book "Innovation Management: Strategy and Implementation Using the Pentathlon Framework," by K. Goffin and R. Mitchell.

The article presents a review of the book "Taking Charge of Manufacturing: How Companies Are Combining Technological and Organizational Innovations to Compete Successfully," by John E. Ettlie.

The article reviews the book "Futures of Organizations: Innovating to Adapt Strategy and Human Resources to Rapid Technological Change," edited by Jerald Hage.

The article reviews the book "The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation," by Ron Adner.

The article reviews the book "Gale Business Insights Handbooks of Innovation Management," edited by Miranda Herbert Ferrara, which is volume five of the "Gale Business Insights" series.

The article reviews the book "Conquering Innovation Fatigue: Overcoming the Barriers to Personal and Corporate Success," by Jeff Lindsay, Cheryl Perkins, and Mukund Karanjikar.

The article reviews the book "Generation Blend: Managing Across the Technology Age Gap," by Rob Salkowitz.

The article reviews the book "Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back," by John Kao.

I am honored to have been chosen as the Journal of Product Innovation Management's (JPIM's) new book review editor. First and foremost, I want to thank Preston Smith for making the transition an easy one. Preston's experience and insights have helped bring me up the learning curve. His patience was much appreciated. Second, managing the book review process is certainly more complicated than I had imagined but is fascinating nonetheless. As in the development of any product or service there are many people involved in the creation process, and considerable planning takes place prior to actual publication. Last but not least is my admiration for our JPIM book reviewers. The care and effort taken to create the quality book reviews that meet JPIM's high standards requires critical thought and experience in new product development. We will continue to make our book reviews insightful, critical, and practical for you, our readers. Books reviewed in this issue: •Innovation Leaders: How Senior Executives Stimulate, Steer, and Sustain Innovation•Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System•Value Merchants: Demonstrating and Documenting Superior Value in Business Markets [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die," by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Innovation Killer: How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine and What Smart Companies Are Doing About It," by Cynthia Barton Rabe.

The article reviews the book "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History Of Innovation," by Steven Johnson.

The article reviews the book "The Power of Pull," by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison.

The article reviews the book "The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World," by Amar Bhidé.

The article reviews the book "You Can Kill an Idea, But You Can't Kill an Opportunity: How to Discover New Sources of Growth for Your Organization," by Pam Henderson.

The article reviews the book "Ninja Innovation: The 10 Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses," by Gary Shapiro.

The article reviews the book "Innovate Products Faster: Graphical Tools for Accelerating Product Development" by John Carter and Jeanne Bradford.

A review of the book "Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities Around the World," by Yvez L. Doz and Keeley Wilson is presented.

A review of the book "The Innovation Master Plan: The CEO's Guide to Innovation," Volume 2, by Langdon Morris is presented.

A review of the book "Explaining Institutional Innovation: Case Studies From Latin America and East Asia," edited by Richard F. Doner is presented.

The article reviews the book "Nachhaltige Innovation: Ein industriesoziologischer Ansatz zum Wandel von Unternehmen," by Friedrich Weltz.

The article reviews the book "Der unternehmenspolitische Aspekt Wissen in der Weltwirtschaft (1893-1913) und der Globalisierung (1985-2005): Ein Vergleich am Beispiel der Bayer AG" by Julia Luxi, volume 118 in the series Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte.

The article reviews the book "What It Takes To Be an Innovator," by Gerard H. Gaynor.

The article reviews the book "Merge Ahead: Mastering the Five Enduring Trends of Artful M&A," by Gerald Adolf, Justin Pettit and Michael Sisk.

The article reviews the book "Empowerment and Innovation. Managers, Principles and Reflective Practice," by Martin Beirne.

The article reviews the book "Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm," by H. Chesbrough, W. Vanhaverbeke, and J. West.

The article reviews the book "Getting to Innovation: How Asking the Right Questions Generates the Great Ideas Your Company Need" by Arthur B. VanGundy.

Books reviewed in this issue: ▪Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products through Collaborative Play▪Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese Cost Innovation Is Disrupting Global Competition▪Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers▪The Innovation Killer: How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine and What Smart Companies Are Doing about It▪Innovation on Demand: New Product Development Using TRIZ [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Fast Path to Corporate Growth: Leveraging Knowledge and Technologies to New Market Applications," by Marc H. Meyer.

The article reviews the book "Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation," by Georg Von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo and Ikujiro Nonaka.