Managing technology and innovation : an introduction

Management of technology : setting the scene -- Design of technological firms -- Human resource management for advanced technology -- Cost and financial accounting in high-technology firms -- Foundations for successful high-technology marketing -- Managing the dynamics of technology in modern day society -- Development and diffusion of breakthrough communication technologies -- Forecasting the market potential of new products -- The innovating firm in a societal context -- Complex decision making in multi-actor systems -- Corporate strategy and technology -- Innovation in context : from R&D management to innovation networks -- Operation management with system dynamics -- Managing knowledge processes -- Making the impossible possible : controlling innovation -- When failure is not an option : managing complex technologies under intensifying interdependencies -- Managing performance in firms -- Management dilemmas and strategies in practice.