Anyone Read any Books on Corporate Innovation?

I just read a case study on 3M (on how they encourage their employees to follow through on their ideas) and thought it was interesting. If you're interested, then look up "boot-legging" to start. Anyway, I'd like to read more case studies on specific companies and how they get their employees to innovate new products.

Does anyone have any recommendations on books that talk about a company's innovation process? I prefer case-studies-type books over theory-based and any industry is fine.

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"The Skunk Works" by Ben Rich is about the development of the US Air Force's greatest planes. In it, he talks a lot of engineering and design for aircraft at the Skunk Works factory, but also how the management was able to encourage innovation and get those projects done on time. Great stuff.

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