Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Part I Introduction to innovation and innovation management; 1 Innovation and innovation management; 2 Deliberate and spontaneous: the impact of cognitive disinhibition on people...

This timely book examines the rising phenomenon of academic entrepreneurship and technology commercialization among leading universities in Asia, by presenting in-depth analysis of thirteen leading universities from nine Asian economies, including Tokyo University in Japan, Tsinghua in China,...

Since the late 1980s, Singapore has emerged as a major regional hub for magnetic hard disk drive (HDD) assembly operations, accounting for about half of the world's total HDD output. This paper examines how this came about by analyzing the supply infrastructure needed to support the competitive...

The flat panel display industry (encompassing products such as LCDs for laptop computers) is of interest as a global industry with rapid technological turnover where in place of the East catching up with the West, it is a case of the West trying to catch up with the technologically advanced...