Book Reviews

Paul Stoneman (ed) Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change .
Richard Hawkins, Robin Mansell and Jim Skea (eds) Standards, Innovation and Competitiveness: the Politics and Economics of Standards in Natural and Technical Environments .
Michael Hobday, Innovation in East Asia: the Challenge to Japan .
David Preece, Organizational and Technical Change: Strategies, Objectives and Involvement .
Margaret Bruce and Wim G. Biemans (eds) Product Development. Meeting the Challenge of the Design-Marketing Interface .
Neil Farmer and Bob Lankester, Total Business Design .
Mark Dodgson and John Bessant, Effective Innovation Policy: A New Approach .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Purchasing and Quality
Technology and Competition in the International Telecommunications Industry
New Firms in the Biotechnology Industry: their contribution to innovation and growth.
Dynamic Project Management
Managing Technology: The Strategic View
The Global Challenge of Innovation
Science Policy Research: Implications and Applications
Measuring the Dynamics of Technological Change
Innovation and Creativity at Work: psychological and organizational settings
Consulting in Innovation Practice—Methods—Perspectives: an international perspective.
Managing Innovation within Networks
The Inducing Power of Japanese Technological Innovation
Beyond Spinoff: Military and commercial technologies in a changing world
Reviews of National Science Policy, Italy
Entrepreneurs in High Technology
Policy Development and Big Science
Capital Investment Appraisal: Towards a contingency theory
The Management Research Handbook
High-tech Fantasies. Science Parks in Society, Science and Space
Management of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
The Entrepreneurial Personality     

Book reviews

de Geus, Arie The Living Company
Christensen, C.M. The Innovator's Dilemma – When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Endres, A. Improving R&D Performance the Juran Way
Oakey, R. and Mukhtar, S‐M. (eds) New Technology‐Based Firms in the 1990s, Volume III
Kim, Linsu Imitation to Innovation: The Dynamics of Korea's Technological Learning
Ashton, D. and Green, F. Education, Training and the Global Economy
Rossval, Bjorn L. The Business Engineer
Augsdorfer, P. Forbidden Fruit: An Analysis of Bootlegging, Uncertainty and Learning in Corporate R&D
Tidd, J.; Bessant, J. and Pavitt, K. Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change     

Book review

Book reviewed:
Birgitte Andersen, Technological Change and the Evolution of Corporate Innovation. The Structure of Patenting 1980–1990     

Book Reviews

Saviotti, Pier Paolo Technological Evolution, Variety and the Economy
Burgelman, R.A. and Rosenbloom, R. S. (ed.) Research on Technological Innovation, Management and Policy: Volume 5
Blackburn, Robert and Jennings, Peter Small Firms: Contributions to Economic Regeneration
Budworth, David Finance and Innovation
Tushman, M.L. and O'Reilly III, C.A. Winning through Innovation     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article
Technology and the Labour Process
Under New Management: Australian Organisations in Transition
Technological Development and the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Options for the Future
Information Technology in European Services: Towards a Microelectronic Future
Skills, Wages and Productivity in the Service Sector
The Spatial Context of Technological Development
The Technical Challenges and Opportunities of a United Europe
Technology and the Pursuit of Economic Growth
New Explorations in the Economics of Technological Change
R&D Management: Managing Products and New Processes (2nd edition)
The Employment Impact of New Technology
The Strategic Management of Technological Innovation
New Firms in the Biotechnology Industry: Their Contribution to Innovation and Growth     

IMP studies: A bridge between tradition and innovation

“Combining the Social and Technological Aspects of Innovation: Relationships and Networks” was the title of the 28th IMP Conference held in Rome, at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in 2012.     

Book reviews

R. Boutellier, O. Gassman, and M. von Zedtwitz, Managing Global Innovation: Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness
K. Pavitt, Technology, Management and Systems of Innovation
National Research Council Committee, Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020
H. Geerlings, Towards Sustainability of Technological Innovations in Transport; The Role of Government in Generating a Window of Technological Opportunity
K. Brockoff, Industrial Research for Future Competitiveness
L. Groth, Future Organizational Design — The Scope for the IT Based Enterprise     

The Innovation Manual: Integrated Strategies and Practical Tools for Bringing Value Innovation to the Market by David Midgley

Books reviewed in this issue:

• ? The Innovation Manual: Integrated Strategies and Practical Tools for Bringing Value Innovation to the Market
• ? Sensory Marketing
• ? Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love

     

Book Reviews

Technological Collaboration in Industry; strutegy, policy and internationalization in innovation
Corporate Venturing: Creating New Businesses within the Firm
Handbook of Innovation Management
Technology and enterprise in a historical perspective
Intellectual Property for Engineers
The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide
crnagement as a New Technology
Mass Customization: The New Frontier in Business Competition     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
A. Ganguly, Business Driven Research & Development: Managing Knowledge to Create Wealth
PA Consulting Group, Going for Growth: Realising the Value of Innovation
K. Brockoff, A. K. Chakrabarti and J. Hauschildt, The Dynamics of Innovation: Strategic and Managerial Implications
Shulin Gu, China's Industrial Technology – Market Reform and Organizational Change: VNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
L. Kim, Learning and Innovation in Economic Development
R. Oakey, W. During and S.‐M. Mukhtar, New Technology‐Based Firms in the 1990s Vol. VI
T. Rickards, Creativity and the Management of Change
R. W. Rycroft and D. E. Kash, The Complexity Challenge. Technological Innovation for the 21st Century
D. Leonard and W. Swap, When Sparks Fly
H. Grupp, Foundations of the Economics of Innovation: Theory, Measurement and Practice     

Book reviews

Book Reviewed in this article:
Expertise and Innovation: Information Technology Strategies in the Financial Services Sector
Ethics of Information Management
Acquiring, Adapting and Developing Technologies: Lessons from the Japanese Experience
Teleworking Explained
Time Pioneers: Flexible Working Time and New Lifestyles
The Future of Industrial Relations
Enterprise Without Unions
The Electronic Eye: the rise of surveillance society
Managing Production—Engineering Change and Stability
Business Reengineering: The Survival Guide
ISO 9000—Quality Systems Handbook     

Book reviews

Books reviewed:
Michael A. Hitt, Raphael Amit, Charles E. Lucier and Robert D. Nixon, Creating Value – Winners in the New Business Environment
Michael A. Hitt, R. Edward Freeman and Jeffrey S Harrison (eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Strategic Management
OECD Proceedings, Innovative Networks - Cooperation in National Innovation Systems
Robert C. Scharff and Val Dusek (eds.), Philosophy of Technology. The Technological Condition: an Anthology     

Book Reviews

Managing Technological Innovation, B. Twiss
Technology Transfer: How to make it work, Hyman Olken
Science and Technology in India, A. Rahman, R. N. Bhargava, M. A. Qureshi and Sudarshan Pruthi
Technological Planning and Social Futures, Eric Jantsch     

Lean Product and Process Development by Allen C. Ward

Books reviewed in this issue:

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  Lean Product and Process Development
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  Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape
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  Putting Hope to Work: Five Principles to Activate Your Organization's Most Powerful Resource
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  Catalyst Code: The Strategies behind the World's Most Dynamic Companies
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  Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries

     

Book Reviews

Environmental Impact Assessment T. O'Riordan and R. Hey
The Political Economy of Science The Radicalisation of Science H. Rose and S. Rose
Technological Substitution: Forecasting Techniques and Applications H. A. Linstone and Devendra Sahal
Forecasting for Business-methods and applications D. Wood and R. Fildes
Business Strategies for Survival—planning for social and political change W. K. Purdie and B. Taylor
Modelling as an Aid to R & D Project Selection
R & D Management Bibliography- 1976     

Book Reviews

THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN NEW PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Review of: Design and Innovation—Policy and Management.
Product Design and Technological Innovation, Ed Robin Roy and David Wield
Design, Innovation and Long Cycles in Economic Development
The Politics of Management, by Douglas Yates Jr.
The Transfer of Research Results into Industry. Proceedings of a Technical Change Centre conference held at the Geological Society on 23 September, 1985. Edited by John J. Qiunn. The Technical Change Centre, January 86
International Journal of Technology Management. Editor in Chief: M. A. Dorgham, Published by Interscience Enterprises Ltd.
Industrial R and D into the 1990's, by Bodroghy, Jervis and Montague. UKAEA, Harwell, 1985.
High Technology Small Firms, Innovation and Regional Development in Britain and the United States. Ray Oakey.
R and D Management Systems in Japanese Industry. Hajime Eto and Konomu Matsui (Eds.), Published by North-Holland, Elsevier Science Publications, Amsterdam and New York, 1984. $54.00 140 Dfl.
The Strategy and Performance of British Industry, 1970–80. Luffman, G. A. and Reed, R., Macmillan, London, 1984. |SL25. and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Drucker, P. F., Heinemann, London, 1985.     

Current Awareness

Multinational Corporate Strategy—planning for world markets by J. C. Leontiades. D. C. Heath & Company
Going for Growth—Technological Innovation in Manufacturing Industries , by R. C. Parker. John Wiley
Stimulating Innovation—A Systems Approach , by Tudor Rickards. Frances Pinter Ltd., London     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Structure of Power in America edited by Michael Schwartz.
Work in the Waterfront: Worker Power and Technological Change in a West Coast Port , by William Finlay
Facilitating Technological Change: The Human Resource Challenge by Patricia M. Flynn.
Invisible Factors in Local Economic Development by Peter B. Doeringer, David G. Terka and Gregory C. Topakian.
Management In China During And After Mao In Enterprises, Government And Party by Oiva Laaksonen
War, Law and Labour: The Munitions Acts, State Regulation and The Unions 1915–1921 by Gerry Rubin.
Debating Coal Closures: Economic Calculation in the Coal Dispute edited by D. Cooper and T. Hopper.
Investigation into the King's Cross Underground Fire , by Desmond Fennell.
Managing Industrial Conflict: Seven Major Disputes by Sander Meredeen.
Anglo-American Innovation by Peter A. Clarke
Organization Transitions and Innovation-Design , by Peter A. Clark and K. P. Star-key.
Manager.s of Discontent: Trade Union Oficers and Industrial Relations Managers by Diane Watson.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
New Collective Forms of Work Organization in Eastern Europe edited by L. Hethy, M. Lado and J. E. M. Thirkell
Industrial Districts and Inter-firm Co-operation in Italy edited by F. Pyke, G. Becattini and W. Sengenberger
The Re-emergence of Small Enterprises: Industrial Restructuring in Industrialized Countries edited by W. Sengenberger, G. W. Loveman and M. J. Piore
Women Assemble: Women Workers and the New Industries in Inter-war Britain , by Miriam Glucksmann
British Social Attitudes: The 7th Report edited by Roger Jowell, Sharon Witherspoon and Lindsay Brook
The Attlee and Churchill Administrations and Industrial Unrest, 1945–1955: A Study in Consensus by Justin Davis. Smith Pinter
US Hegemony under Siege: Class, Politics and Development in Latin America by James Petras and Morris Morley
Butterworth's Employment Law Handbook, 5th edn. , edited by Peter Wallington
European Industrial Relations: The Challenge of Flexibility edited by Guido Baglioni and Colin Crouch
Trade Unions and their Members: Studies in Union Democracy and Organization edited by Patricia Fosh and Edmund Heery
A History of the National Graphical Association by John Gennard
Changing Job Structures. Techniques for the Design of New Jobs and Organizations by Michael Cross
The Strategic Management of Technological Innovation edited by Ray Loveridge and Martyn Pitt
Industrial Training and Technological Innovation: A Comparative and Historical Study edited by Howard Gospel
Improving Incentives for the Low Paid edited by Alex Bowen and Ken Mayhew
The Economics of Human Resource Management edited by Daniel J. B. Mitchell and Mahmood A. Zaidi
Macroeconomics and The Wage Bargain: A Modern Approach to Employment, Inflation and the Exchange Rate by Wendy Carlin and David Soskice
Inflation and Unemployment: Macroeconomics with a Range of Equilibria by Ian M. MacDonald