New Directions in Technology Management (Management of Technology) (Management of Technology)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 10
Section I – Alliances and Collaboration......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
International cooperation research projects......Page 17
Market oriented R&D international cooperation......Page 18
Technology transfer policies and models......Page 19
Survey results......Page 21
Conclusion......Page 27
References......Page 28
Introduction......Page 32
Fundamentals of semantic patent analysis......Page 33
Multidimensional scaling (MDS) and measure of similarity as means of generating patent map......Page 35
Interpretation and types of patent maps......Page 37
Example: Sealing devices......Page 39
Conclusion and further research......Page 40
References......Page 41
Acknowledgements......Page 42
Introduction......Page 44
Regional innovation framework......Page 45
Technology transfer program AKT......Page 46
AKT process description......Page 48
Services offered to CIES......Page 52
Networking and marketing for AKT......Page 53
Results so far......Page 54
Conclusion......Page 55
References......Page 56
Introduction......Page 58
Theoretical framework......Page 59
Empirical analysis......Page 64
Conclusions......Page 68
References......Page 70
Appendix 1. Components of technological capabilities......Page 71
Appendix 2. The rotated factor structure of knowledge items......Page 72
Introduction......Page 74
The finnish wireless industry......Page 76
Material and methods......Page 77
University – company collaboration......Page 78
Discussion......Page 83
References......Page 85
Introduction......Page 88
Science marketing......Page 90
Methodology......Page 92
Results......Page 93
Conclusion and further research......Page 98
References......Page 100
The needs of university spin-offs in Japan......Page 104
Definition and types of university spin-offs......Page 105
Recent upsurge of university spin-offs in Japan......Page 107
University roles in creating university spin-offs......Page 108
Profiles of university spin-offs......Page 110
Difficulties of university spin-offs......Page 112
References......Page 114
The background that created Japanese style competition......Page 116
The alignment of production volume and sales volume......Page 120
Market projections......Page 121
Background and analysis of competition in the win-win competition......Page 124
Conditions for continuing a win-win situation as experience through DSC......Page 127
Trends in technological development hereafter and the future of win-win competition......Page 128
Summary......Page 129
References......Page 130
Introduction......Page 132
Conceptual background......Page 134
Methodology......Page 140
Results......Page 142
Discussions and conclusions......Page 145
References......Page 147
Introduction......Page 150
Knowledge-production frontiers and the triptych state-science-industry......Page 154
Knowledge-based explanations of defence innovation networks......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 163
References......Page 164
Section II – Groupware and Web Interfaces......Page 168
Introduction......Page 170
Usability......Page 171
Presentation category......Page 172
References......Page 179
Introduction......Page 182
Definitions......Page 183
Input data......Page 185
General statistics of the data......Page 186
Visualization with bibtechmon......Page 188
Results for information science-web-sites......Page 189
Results for biotechnology-web-sites......Page 192
Conclusions......Page 195
References......Page 196
Introduction......Page 198
Literature review......Page 199
Research method......Page 200
Analysis of the results and discussion......Page 201
Conclusion......Page 208
References......Page 209
Introduction......Page 212
Community of practice and virtual community......Page 213
Methodology......Page 215
Empirical findings......Page 216
Evaluation and conclusions......Page 220
References......Page 223
Section III – Technology Transfer and Technology Diffusion......Page 226
Introduction......Page 228
Summary and conclusions......Page 241
References......Page 243
Introduction......Page 246
Competing in the commercial aircraft manufacturing industry......Page 247
Technology transfer and knowledge......Page 248
Cases......Page 249
Conclusion......Page 256
References......Page 258
Introduction......Page 262
Technological capability......Page 263
Method......Page 266
Variables analyzed......Page 267
Conclusion......Page 271
References......Page 273
Introduction......Page 276
Project description and methodology......Page 279
Survey findings......Page 280
Conclusions......Page 285
References......Page 286
Introduction......Page 290
The adoption of innovations in organizations......Page 292
Organizational innovativeness and adopter categories......Page 294
Technology readiness......Page 296
Methodology......Page 297
Analysis and results......Page 299
Conclusions and limitations......Page 300
References......Page 301
Section IV – Business Development......Page 306
Introduction......Page 308
Methodology......Page 309
Elements that influence the change of business strategies......Page 310
References......Page 317
Introduction......Page 324
Literature review......Page 326
Research methodology......Page 329
TC development of four firms......Page 330
Discussion......Page 332
Conclusions......Page 336
References......Page 337
Introduction......Page 340
Horizontal cooperation......Page 341
Critical success factors for horizontal factors......Page 342
Preliminary results from the PSA-ford horizontal cooperation : the PSA point of view......Page 345
Conclusion......Page 348
References......Page 349
Introduction......Page 352
What are the issues in modern technology policy?......Page 353
Coping with arrow's appropriability trade-off......Page 357
Towards evolutionarily inspired technology policy framework......Page 360
Competition policy from innovation perspective......Page 362
Tackling the static vs. dynamic trade-off: are there EU and US policy differences?......Page 366
Conclusions......Page 368
References......Page 369
Section V – Social Impact of Technology......Page 372
Automatic teller machines (ATM)......Page 374
Biometric technology......Page 376
Integrated model development......Page 379
Potential benefits and barriers......Page 382
Conclusions......Page 385
References......Page 386
Introduction......Page 388
Social capital – the interplay of social relationships and economic activity......Page 390
Dimensions of social capital......Page 391
Sample, procedure and measures......Page 393
Analyses and results......Page 395
Discussion......Page 398
References......Page 399
Introduction......Page 402
Appropriate and inappropriate technologies......Page 405
Politics and technology......Page 407
Impact of technology on the social structure......Page 408
Technology and ethics......Page 409
Technology and the environment......Page 410
Conclusions......Page 411
References......Page 413
Section VI – Innovation in Services......Page 416
Introduction......Page 418
Scope of telecommunication services......Page 419
Categories of projects in telecommunicarion services......Page 420
Characteristics of telecommunication service projects......Page 423
Summary......Page 430
References......Page 431
Introduction......Page 434
Nomological networks......Page 436
Healthcare and technology......Page 437
Methods and materials......Page 438
Results......Page 441
Discussion......Page 442
References......Page 444
Section VII – Education......Page 446
Introduction......Page 448
Concept of innovation engineering......Page 452
Course development......Page 454
Trial MOT seminars......Page 456
Innovation engineering and role of engineers in Japan......Page 460
References......Page 462
Section VIII – Technology Forecasting......Page 464
Future-oriented technology analyses......Page 466
New FTA methods......Page 470
Looking forward......Page 474
References......Page 476
Introduction......Page 478
Discontinuous innovations......Page 480
Managerial responses to discontinuous innovations......Page 483
The development of cognitive maps......Page 485
Cognitive dissonance and the management of discontinuous innovation......Page 488
Conclusions......Page 491
References......Page 494
Author Index......Page 500