Title:
Principle concepts of technology and innovation management : critical research models
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Publication Information:
Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, 2009
Physical Description:
xiv, 305 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
9781605660387
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Summary
Summary
The broad, interdisciplinary field of technology and innovation management contains emergent boundaries as well as developing frameworks and theories. Due to the dynamic nature of the field, familiarity with the scope of literature is important to practitioners, researchers, and scholars.""Principle Concepts of Technology and Innovation Management: Critical Research Models"" provides critical, scholarly analysis of over 100 peer-reviewed articles that have had the greatest impact on the multi-disciplinary field of technology and innovation management. The distinguished pool of international authors have identified and analyzed the field's most important works, creating a one-of-a-kind book for scholars and field practitioners.
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
Section I Processes, Strategies, and Development: Executive Summary | |
Chapter I Introduction to the Field of Technology Innovation Management | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Technology Perspective in Innovation | p. 4 |
Bridging the Technology and Product Perspectives | p. 8 |
The Product Perspective in Innovation | p. 10 |
Industry or Market Perspective | p. 14 |
Geographic Perspective on Innovation | p. 15 |
Organizational Perspective on Innovation | p. 16 |
Network Perspective on Innovation | p. 17 |
Individual Perspective on Innovation | p. 18 |
The Structure of the Rest of This Book: The Logic and Methodology Employed | p. 19 |
Conclusion | p. 20 |
References | p. 22 |
Endnotes | p. 26 |
Chapter II R&D Process Models | p. 31 |
Introduction | p. 31 |
R&D and Economics | p. 32 |
R&D and Organizational Knowledge | p. 40 |
Conclusion | p. 50 |
References | p. 51 |
Chapter III Technology Development and Innovative Practice | p. 55 |
Introduction | p. 55 |
Quantitative Perspectives on Technology Development and Innovative Practice | p. 56 |
Qualitative Perspectives On Technology Development and Innovative Practice | p. 68 |
Conclusion | p. 77 |
References | p. 79 |
Chapter IV Social Influence and Human Interaction with Technology | p. 82 |
Introduction | p. 82 |
Flow of Information | p. 83 |
Team Composition | p. 90 |
Conclusion | p. 105 |
References | p. 106 |
Section II Innovation, Influence, and Diffusion: Executive Summary | |
Chapter V Diffusion and Innovation: An Organizational Perspective | p. 111 |
Introduction | p. 111 |
Diffusion | p. 112 |
Diversification, Innovation, and Organizational Structure | p. 119 |
Conclusion | p. 129 |
References | p. 131 |
Chapter VI Knowledge and Change in Organizations | p. 132 |
Introduction | p. 132 |
Knowledge and Organizational Change | p. 133 |
Knowledge Transfer | p. 145 |
Conclusion | p. 157 |
References | p. 160 |
Chapter VII Organizational Innovation Strategy | p. 162 |
Introduction | p. 162 |
Rate and Nature of Change | p. 163 |
Attitudes, Behaviors, and Strategic Change | p. 173 |
Conclusion | p. 186 |
References | p. 189 |
Endnotes | p. 191 |
Chapter VIII New Product Development | p. 192 |
Introduction | p. 192 |
Internal Processes | p. 193 |
New Product Diffusion: Success and Failure | p. 200 |
Conclusion | p. 211 |
References | p. 214 |
Section III Technology and Management Information Systems: Executive Summary | |
Chapter IX Information and Communication Technology Management | p. 218 |
Introduction | p. 218 |
Conclusion | p. 245 |
References | p. 248 |
Chapter X Open Source and Software Development Innovation | p. 251 |
Introduction | p. 251 |
Open Source | p. 264 |
Conclusion | p. 277 |
References | p. 279 |
Chapter XI Directions in the Field of Technology Innovation Management | p. 281 |
Introduction | p. 281 |
References | p. 287 |
Endnotes | p. 287 |
Appendix A | p. 289 |
Appendix B | p. 292 |
Appendix C | p. 295 |
Appendix D | p. 298 |
About the Authors | p. 301 |
Index | p. 303 |