"Frederick Betz is one of the original creators of "technology management" and was Director of the TM program at the NSF. His first book on Management of Technology published by Prentice Hall 16 years ago has been acknowledged as setting the foundation for the subject. Betz further helped...

The literature of innovation is full of calls to become more creative and inspiring: but it has less to say on the reality of turning theory into practice and ideas into profit. Real breakthroughs depend on finding profitable applications for new ideas. The beneficiaries of countless innovations...