"Innovation is a beautiful thing. It is a force with both aesthetic and pragmatic appeal: It unleashes our creative … engines of innovation in the Western world, innovation provides both exceptional opportunities and steep challenges. While … innovation is a powerful means of competitive differentiation, enabling firms to penetrate new markets and achieve higher margins …

Managing Innovation provides readers with the knowledge to understand, and the skills to manage, innovation at the … to improve the competitiveness of firms and effectiveness of other organizations._ The management of innovation is … disruptive innovation (a greater emphasis will be placed on disruptive innovation) and organizations versus networks (greater …

: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TOOLS8. Patent Analysis9. Portfolio Management10. Roadmapping11. S-Curve 12. Stage-gate13. Value Analysis …/Value Innovation14. Conclusion: Managing Technology and the Challenges Ahead Linking TM Activities with TM tools. …