Challenges in the management of new technologies / edited by Marianne Hörlesberger, Mohamed El-Nawawi, Tarek Khalil.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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I. Managing new technologies. ch. 1. An exploratory analysis of TSS firms: insights from the Italian nanotech industry / Vittorio Chiesa, Alfredo De Massis, and Federico Frattini. ch. 2. Knowledge creation dynamics and financial governance: crisis of growth in biotech firms / Anne-Laure Saives, Mehran Ebrahimi, Robert H. Desmarteau, and Catherine Garnier. ch. 3. Partnerships between technology-based start-ups and established firms: case studies from the Cambride(U.K.) high-tech business cluster / Tim Minshall, Rob Valli, Pete Fraser, and David Probert. ch. 5. Factors driving the broadband internet growth in the OECD countries / Petri Kero. ch. 6. What comes after "New-to-the-world" product success for a small firm? Utilize MOT analysis and implementation for innovative products and competitive lead / Myra Urness. ch. 7. Demand forecast and adoption factors for portable internet service / Moon-Koo Kim and Jong-Hyun Park. ch. 8. The use of scenario analysis in studying emerging technologies-case grid computing / Mika Lankila, Liisa-Maija Sainio, and Jukka-Pekka Bergman. ch. 9. Computer services as innovation agents for local production areas / Enrico Scarso and Ettore Bolisani. ch. 10. Towards digital integration: platform thinking in the fashion business / Finn Kehlet Schou. ch. 11. Value-centric e-government: the case of Dubai municipality / Habib Talhami and Mohammed Arif. ch. 12. E-business and the company strategy: the case of the Celta at GM Brazil / Sílvia Novaes Zilber -- II. Business organization. ch. 13. Business model design and evolution / Michael Weiss and Daniel Amyot. ch. 14. The entrepreneur has "sold out": an exploratory study of the sale of high-tech companies to off-shore buyers / Sally Davenport. ch. 15. Technology acquisition through convergence: the role of dynamic capabilities / Fredrik Hacklin, Christian Marxt, and Martin Inganäs. ch. 16. The process for aligning project management and business strategy: an empirical study / Sabin Srivannaboon and Dragan Z. Milosevic. ch. 17. Risk-sharing partnerships with suppliers: the case of Embraer / Paulo Figueiredo, Silveira Gutenberg, and Roberto Sbragia. ch. 18. The limits of business development / Mats Larsson. ch. 19. Knowledge management across borders: empirical evidence of the current status and practices of knowledge management in multinational corporations / Helmut Kasper and Florian Kohlbacher -- III. Technology and innovation management. ch. 20. The influence of organizational maturity in the project performance: a research in the information technology sector / Renato de Oliveira Moraes and Isak Kruglianskas. ch. 21. Organization for product development: the successful case of Embraer / Paulo Tromboni do Nascimento, Eduardo Vasconcellos, and Paulo César Lucas. ch. 22. A study of R & D outsourcing in the manufacturing industry: a case study of PS2 / Fujio Niwa and Midori Kato. ch. 23. A strategic science and technology planning and development process model / Grace Bochenek, Carey Iler, Bruce Brendle, Timothy Kotnour, and James Ragusa. ch. 24. Institutional MOT: co-evolutionary dynamism of innovation and institution / Chihiro Watanabe. ch. 25. Firms with adaptability lead a way to innovative development / Akihisa Yamada and Chihiro Watanabe. ch. 26. Toward project strategy typologies: cases in pharmaceutical industry / Peerasit Patanakul, Aaron J. Shenhar, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and William Guth. ch. 27. Technology know-how protection: promote innovators, discourage imitators / Christoph Neeman and Günther Schuh. ch. 28. Comparison of technology forecasting methods for multi-national enterprises: the case for a decision-focused scenario approach / Oliver Yu -- IV. Standards and evaluational methods. ch. 29. Standards of quality and quality of standards for telecommunications and information technologies / Mostafa Hashem Sherif, Kai Jakobs, and Tineke M. Egyedi. ch. 30. A methodology to measure the innovation process capacity in enterprises / José Ramón Corona-Armentats, Laure Morel Guimaraes, and Vincent Boly. ch. 31. Auditing technology development projects / Dominique R. Jolly. ch. 32. Complexity, cost reduction and productivity improvement through history / Mats Larsson and Carl-Henric Nilsson -- V. Sustainability. ch. 33. Involvement of small manufacturing firms in organic production systems / Stéphane Talbot. ch. 34. Innovation, competitiveness and sustainability: study Plywood industry cluster / Sieglinde Kindl da Cunha and João Carlos da Cunha. ch. 35. Sustainable development in companies: an international survey / Daniela Ebner and Rupert J. Baumgartner. ch. 36. Enhancement of environmental performance through total productive maintenance / Rupert J. Baumgartner. ch. 37. Integrating sustainable business management into daily business via generic management / Rupert J. Baumgartner -- VI. Social and educational aspects in MOT. ch. 38. The new company-school relationship in the knowledge age / Luís Henrique Piovezan and Afonso Carlos Corrêa Fleury. ch. 39. Always connected: how young Brazilians use short message service (SMS) / Marie Agnes Chauvel. ch. 40. The individual management of technology / Marianne Hörlesberger.

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