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The Management of Innovation and Technology
The Shaping of Technology and Institutions of the Market Economy
John Howells(0)
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This book analyses a range of social contexts in which human decisions shape technology in the market economy. It comprises a critical review of both a select research literature and in-depth historical studies. Material is drawn from many social science disciplines to inform the reader of the reality of taking decisions on innovation. The chapters cover
- The social context for individual acts of creative insight
- The development of the technology-market relationship
- The management of R&D and technological standard
- Technological competition
- The role of institutions of finance in innovation
- The reciprocal relationship between intellectual property law and technological innovation
- The role of technological skills and regimes of technological education in innovation
- An introduction to the role of the state in maintaining the innovative capacity of the private sector.
- The social context for individual acts of creative insight
- The development of the technology-market relationship
- The management of R&D and technological standard
- Technological competition
- The role of institutions of finance in innovation
- The reciprocal relationship between intellectual property law and technological innovation
- The role of technological skills and regimes of technological education in innovation
- An introduction to the role of the state in maintaining the innovative capacity of the private sector.