Managing technology and innovation : an introduction

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Personal Author:

Verburg, Robert M., 1967-

Publication Information:

London : Routledge, 2006

ISBN:

9780415362283

Subject Term:

Technological innovations -- Management

Industries -- Technological innovations -- Management

Added Author:

Ortt, J. Roland

Dicke, Wilhelmina Margaretha

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Modern technology and innovation are vital to the success of all companies, be they hi-tech firms or companies seemingly unaffected by technology and innovation; whether established firms or business start-ups. This book focuses on understanding technology as a corporate resource, covering product development, design of systems and the managerial aspects of new and high technology. Topics investigated include:

the internal organization of high technology firms the management of technology in society managing innovation dilemmas and strategies.

The wide-ranging experience of the teachers and experts contributing to this book has resulted in an integrated, multi-disciplinary, textbook that provides an introductory overview to managing technology and innovation in the twenty-first century.

This text is essential reading for students of business and engineering concerned with technology and innovation management.

Author Notes

Robert M. Verburg is Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Faculty of Technology Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology. His current research interests include the strategic management of human resources, knowledge management, coordination mechanisms of mobile virtual work and management of technology.

Roland J. Ortt is Associate Professor of Technology Management at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology.nbsp;His current research interestsnbsp;focus on describing and explainingnbsp;the patterns of development and diffusion of breakthrough technologies.

Willemijn M. Dicke is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology. She is leader of the Public Values Program of the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation. She has published on the safeguarding of public values in the utility sectors, issues of water management, the shifting public-private divide under conditions of globalization and on liberalization and privatization in utility sectors.

Uldrik E. Speerstra and Robert M. Verburg and J. Roland Ortt and Willemijn M. DickeBernhard R. KatzyRobert M. Verburg and Deanne N. Den HartogTom PootJakki J. Mohr and Stanley F. Slater and Sanjit SenguptaKarel F. MulderJ. Roland OrttDavid J. Langley and Nico Pals and J. Roland OrttC.W.M. Naastepad and Servaas StormMartijn Leijten and Hans de BruijnMarc A. ZegveldPatrick Van der Duin and J. Roland Ortt and Dap Hartmann and Guus BerkhoutZofia Verwater-LukszoJ.H. Erik AndriessenPeer EdererMichel J.G. van Eeten and Emery Roe and Paul R. Schulman and Mark de BruijneHans de BruijnWillemijn M. Dicke

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. ix
List of boxes	p. x
About the authors	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Part I General Introduction	p. 1
1 Management of technology: setting the scene	p. 3
Part II The Internal Organization of High-Technology Firms	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
2 Design of technological firms	p. 23
3 Human Resource Management for advanced technology	p. 43
4 Cost and financial accounting in high-technology firms	p. 64
5 Foundations for successful high-technology marketing	p. 84
Part III The Management of Technology in the Society	p. 107
Introduction	p. 107
6 Managing the dynamics of technology in modern day society	p. 109
11 Development and diffusion of breakthrough communication technologies	p. 130
8 Forecasting the market potential of new products	p. 149
9 The innovating firm in a societal context: labor-management relations and labor productivity	p. 170
10 Complex decision-making in multi-actor systems	p. 192
Part IV Managing Innovation	p. 207
Introduction	p. 207
11 Corporate strategy and technology	p. 209
12 Innovation in context: from R&D management to innovation networks	p. 227
13 Operation management with System Dynamics	p. 248
14 Managing knowledge processes	p. 263
Part V Dilemmas and Strategies	p. 287
Introduction	p. 287
15 Making the impossible possible: controlling innovation	p. 289
16 When failure is not an option: managing complex technologies under intensifying interdependencies	p. 306
17 Managing performance in firms	p. 322
18 Management dilemmas and strategies in practice	p. 335
Index	p. 355

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