Management of Technology & Innovation Books

New and Published Books

1. Intellectual Property Rights in Contemporary Capitalism

   Edited by Birgitte Andersen

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book is a timely contribution to an important debate on the increased, changed or new scope of Intellectual Property Rights in the light of Contemporary Capitalism. How the expanded or pushed Intellectual Property Rights domain encourages an individual and corporate self-interest over...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Return On Process (ROP)

   Getting Real Performance Results from Process Improvement

   By Michael West

   Although there are countless books about process improvement and business performance, there is a dearth of literature on how process improvement yields business performance results. Filling this need, Return On Process (ROP): Getting Real Performance Results from Process Improvement provides...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Auerbach Publications
3. The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

   A Theory of Sociotechnical Change

   By Ulrich Dolata

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Scientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic structures, and institutions. Their aim is to study and explain processes and modes of technological change....

   Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Disruptive Innovation in Chinese and Indian Businesses

   The Strategic Implications for Local Entrepreneurs and Global Incumbents

   Edited by Peter Ping Li

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   With the rapid development of China and India as new economic powers in global competition, an obvious question is whether these emerging economies are great opportunities or threats. Whilst answers are bound to differ depending on one’s perspective, it is increasingly clear that more local firms,...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
5. Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

   Exploring the Microfoundations of Economic Growth

   By Torsten Heinrich

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth. The analysis and modelling of this interrelationship is the central focus of...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
6. Servitization, IT-ization and Innovation Models

   Two-Stage Industrial Cluster Theory

   Edited by Hitoshi Hirakawa, Kaushalesh Lal, Shinkai Naoko, Norio Tokumaru

   This book looks at two-stage industrial cluster theory and new innovation models in the context of the IT-ization and servitization of products. The formation of industrial clusters, such as export processing zones and special economic zones, has been the preferred mechanism for developing...

   Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
7. Eco-Innovation and Sustainability Management

   By Bart Bossink

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology. It is important to gain an understanding of these elements, the interplay between them, and the behavior of the system. This book explores the...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
8. Copyright Industries and the Impact of Creative Destruction

   Copyright Expansion and the Publishing Industry

   By Jiabo Liu

   Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property

   This book examines the relationship between the legal extension of copyright duration as an enduring means of copyright protection and the growth of the UK book publishing industry as a typical creative industry reliant on copyright. The book draws on Schumpeter’s theory of creative destruction to...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Psychology of Digital Media at Work

   Edited by Daantje Derks, Arnold Bakker

   Series: Current Issues in Work and Organizational Psychology

   In many professions daily work life has become unthinkable without the use of a computer with access to the Internet. As technological innovations progress rapidly and new applications of interactional media are invented, organizational behaviour continues to change. The central theme of this book...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Psychology Press
10. Evolution and Design of Institutions

    By Christian Schubert, Georg Von Wangenheim

    Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

    This book comprises nine papers approaching designed institutions and their interplay with spontaneous institutions from various angles. While the evolution of spontaneous institutions is quite well understood in economic thinking, the development of consciously designed institutions has been...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge