Preface

Acknowledgements

Plan of the book

Part 1 Innovation management

1. Innovation management: an introduction

2. National systems of innovation and entrepreneurship

3. Public sector innovation

4. Managing innovation within firms

5. Operations and process innovation

Part 2 Turning technology intobusiness

6. Managing intellectual property

7. Managing organisational knowledge

8. Strategic alliances and networks

9. Management of research and development

10. Open innovation and technology transfer

Part 3 New product development

1. Business models

2. Market adoption and technologydiffusion

3. New product development

4. Market research and its influence onnew product development

5. Managingthe new product development process

Index