Cases on technology innovation : entrepreneurial successes and pitfalls / S. Ann Becker, Robert E. Niebuhr, [editors].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Becker, S. Ann.

Niebuhr, Robert E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology transfer--Case studies.

Technology transfer.

Technological innovations--Case studies.

Technological innovations.

Research, Industrial--Case studies.

Research, Industrial.

Entrepreneurship--Case studies.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

electronic texts (xxi, 371 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : Business Science Reference, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book presents cases on theory, research, and practice in the areas of technology transfer, innovation, and commercialization, offering illustrations and examples of entrepreneurial successes and pitfalls in university, industry, government, and international settings"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Case studies of North American university performance in technology transfer and commercialization / Alan Collier, Fang Zhao

2. The evolution of ICT institutions in Thailand and Malaysia / Nicholas Maynard

3. A case on university and community collaboration : the Sci-Tech Entrepreneurial Training Services (ETS) program / S. Ann Becker, Robert Keimer, Tim Muth

4. Technology innovation adoption and diffusion : a contrast of perspectives / Michael Workman

5. The challenge of a corporate matchmaker / Francisco Chia Cua

6. The development of emerging medical devices : the lead-user method in practice / Brian O'Flaherty, John O'Donoghue

7. Paradigms, science, and technology : the case of e-customs / Roman Boutellier, Mareike Heinzen, Marta Raus

8. Growth trajectories of SMEs and the sensemaking of IT risks : a comparative case study / Arvind Karunakaran, Jingwen He, Sandeep Purao, Brian Cameron

9. Use of the concern-task-interaction-outcome (CTIO) cycle for virtual teamwork / Suryadeo Vinay Kissoon

10. Collaboration, innovation, and value creation : the case of Wikimedia's emergence as the center for collaborative content / Divakaran Liginlal, Lara Khansa, Jeffrey P. Landry

11. Social networking for distance caregiving and aging in place : a case on Web 2.0 technologies for virtual support / S. Ann Becker

12. Case "Mobile-INTEGRAL" / L-F Pau

13. The Egyptian National Post organization past, present and future : the transformational process using ICT / Sherif Kamel

14. Redefining medical tourism / Desai Narasimhalu

15. Institutional innovation and entrepreneurial deployment of a software product : case of financial technologies group in India / Biswatosh Saha

16. Proving the science : opportunity identification to research contract / Carolyn J. Fausnaugh, Mary Helen McCay.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Title from ebook home page (viewed on Aug. 23, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781615206100 (PDF)

OCLC:

707616973