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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     

PERSPECTIVE: Ranking the Technology Innovation Management Journals*

A citation analysis of the 10 leading technology and innovation management (TIM) specialty journals is conducted to gain insights into the relative ranking of the journals. The journals are ranked based on number of citations, citations adjusted for publication frequency, citations corrected for age, citations corrected for self‐citation, and an overall score. The top 50 journals in management of technology based on citation analysis are listed. Overall, the top 10 journals based on citation analysis are Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy, Research‐Technology Management, Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, R&D Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Academy of Management Review. The top 10 specialty journals in the technology innovation management specialty are Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy, Research‐Technology Management, R&D Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Technology Management, Technovation, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, and Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. It is found that many of the TIM journals, although focused on TIM, have additional foci based on traditional management disciplines. Each of the 10 leading TIM specialty journals is considered from the perspective of traditional management disciplines; how the journals relate to each other and the related implications of these findings are considered.     

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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.     

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Books reviewed:
Stefan H. Thomke, Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation
Richard L. Lynch, John G. Diezemann and James F. Dowling, The Capable Company: Building the Capabilities that Make Strategy Work
Georges Haour, Resolving the Innovation Paradox – Enhancing Growth in Technology Companies
John Cantwell and José Molero, Multinational Enterprises, Innovative Strategies and Systems of Innovation
Susana Borrás, The Innovation Policy of the European Union: from Government to Governance
D. Fornahl and T. Brenner, Cooperation, Networks and Institutions in Regional Innovation Systems
Felicia Fai, Corporate Technological Competence and the Evolution of Technological Diversification
S. Cummings and D. Wilson, Images of Strategy
John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly, Innovation Strategies and Performance in Small Firms     

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Books reviewed:
P. Diederen, P. Stoneman, O. Toivanen, A. Wolters Innovation and Research Policies: An International Comparative Analysis
P.J. Buckley and P. N Ghauri The Global Challenge for Multinational Enterprises: Managing Increasing Interdependence
S. Harryson Japanese Technology and Innovation Management: From Know‐how to Know‐who
John Elkington Cannibals With Forks – the Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business: (Conscientious Commerce)
W.L. Miller and L. Morris 4th Generation R&D: Managing Knowledge, Technology and Innovation
Shulin Gu China's Industrial Technology – Market Reform and Organizational Change: VNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
H.C. Marais Perspectives on Science Policy in South Africa     

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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 .     

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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     

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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     

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Management of Scientific Research, Jitendra Singh
RASAR: Resource Allocation System for Agricultural Research, D. G. Russel
Science for the People, David Layton
Social Stratification in Science, Jonathan R. Cole and Stephen Cole
Social Processes of Scientific Development, Edited by Richard Whitley
Some Aspects of Technological Economics, D. F. Ball     

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Book reviews in this aricle:
Gender and Technology in the Making Cynthia Cockburn and Susan Ormrod
Innovative Banking—Competition and the Management of a New Networks Technology John Howells and James Hine (Eds.)
Information Technology and Workplace Democracy Martin Beirne and Harvie Ramsay (Eds.)
Human Resource Management and Technical Change Jon Clark (Ed.)
Managing People and Technological Change John Bailey
Building Societies: Structure, Performance and Change Donal McKillop and Charles Ferguson
Optional Options: Work Design and Manufacturing Automation Jos Benders
Privatisation and Employment Relations: The Case of the Water Industry Julia O'Connell Davidson
The Politics of the Training Market: From Manpower Commission to Training and Enterprise Councils Brendan Evans
Learning to Succeed: A Radical Look at Education Today and A Strategy for the Future: Report of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation National Commission on Education Heinemann
Technology Transfer in Europe: Public and Private Networks David Charles and Jeremy Howells
Technological Collaboration in Industry: Strategy, Policy and Internationalisation in Innovation Mark Dodgson     

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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     

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

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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     

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Innovation: a Study of technological Policy, Arthur Gerstenfeld
Research Planning and Innovation, T. Higgins
M. W. Thring and E. R. Laithwaite     

Technology foresight using a Delphi approach: a Japanese-German co-operation

This article describes a joint project conducted from 1991 until 1993 by the Japanese National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) and the German Fraunhofer institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI). Some first outcomes, and different alternatives on how to use the data for trend interpretation and priority setting, are described.
The Japanese Delphi survey is conducted every five years and was first undertaken in 1971. In 1992, NISTEP and ISI agreed on a joint project. About 3000 Japanese experts were asked to answer more than 1000 questions based on 16 different technological areas. With financial aid from the Federal German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) the Japanese fifth Delphi survey was replicated in Germany. The Japanese questions were translated and more than 1000 German experts responded to the questionnaires and judged the possible technological development within the next 20 to 30 years. The aim of this joint project is to compare the Japanese and the German answers in order to analyse possible differences and to understand the cultural influences on technology assessment.     

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.     

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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     

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Technological Innovation: University Roles. The Association of Commonwealth Universities, London
Eurotronics—European Working Party for Forecasting Electronics Markets
Micro Electronics in Western Europe—The Medium Term Perspective 1983–1987, K. P. Friebe and A. Gerybadze (Eds)
New Product Development in Engineering: A Comparison of the British and West German Machine Tool Industries. Stephen T. Parkinson
Stakeholders of the Organizational Mind. I. I. Mitroff.
How companies manage R&D. Niall Lothian. Published by Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, March 1984
The financial side of industrial research management. Lynn W. Ellis. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
The costs of evaluation, edited by Marvin C. Atkin and Lewis C. Solmon.
Personal-Management in der industriellen Forschung and Entwicklung, edited by Michel Domsch and Eduard Jochum. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne
Managing Interdisciplinary Research. Edited by Epton, Payne and Pearson. John Wiley
Optimisation Models for Strategic Planning, edited by T. H. Naylor and C. Thomas
The Next Industrial Revolution—Reviving Industry Through Innovation. Robert U. Ayres.
Management Compensation in High Technology Companies. Jay Schuster.
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times. Donald Hill.     

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Books reviewed:
Abby Day Peters, Gower, Winning Research Funding
George Tesar, Sibdas Ghosh, Steven. W. Anderson and Tom Bramorski, Strategic Technology Management – Building Bridges between the Sciences, Engineering and Business Management.
Robert D. Handscombe and Eann A. Patterson, The Entropy Vector: Connecting Science and Business.
Susan Segal-Horn, The Strategy Reader ,
Bianca Piachaud, Outsourcing R&D in the Pharmaceutical Industry: From Conceptualisation to Implementation of the Strategic Sourcing Process.
Liang Thow Yick, Organizing around Intelligence: Leading, Managing and Nurturing Intelligent Human Organizations that constantly exploit Innovation and Creativity embedded at the Edge of Chaos.     

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Books reviewed:
On Work and Leadership: A Selection of Lectures , Alistair Mutch
Innovation Policy in a Global Economy , Pamela Siler
Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart , Paul Rosen