Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities Christian Terwiesch and Karl Ulrich is an English-language printed book that is aimed at professionals. This book demonstrates how a structured approach can lead to the systematic identification and selection of exceptional opportunities for innovation.
Based on the concept of innovation tournaments, the process compares selecting opportunities to a tournament, in which the best initiatives survive. The book shows how to efficiently create, evaluate, and filter opportunities for maximum profitability. It also covers the composition of an innovation portfolio and the alignment of innovation processes with the organization’s competitive strategy.
With practical tools and examples from various sectors, this publication offers a fundamental and applicable method. The book relates to topics such as business innovation, management, and general economics.

