Management of technology, the key to prosperity in the third millennium : selected papers from the Ninth International Conference on Management of Technology

Part 1 New trends in the management of technology: future directions and needs in the management of technology technology and industrial development - the role of Unido as a part of the multilateral system virtual organization - attributes and challenges multi-national virtual organization for rapid product innovation information technology and supply chain innovation supply chain integration in the automobile industry - the case of ANX. Part 2 Systems of innovation: management of R accelerating the front end phase in new product development market versus technology drive in R&D internationalization - four different patterns of managing research and development linking shareholder value to R&D performance leading R&D projects without formal authority innovation in joint ventures - a social construction theory collaborative technological innovation in Japanese firms management of technology alliances with a high degree of sharing - model and application to chemical companies the response of old technology incumbents to technological competition - does the sailing ship effect exist? Part 3 National and regional innovation systems: the internationalization of technology analyzed with patent data assessing the institutional set-up of national innovation systems technology and politics in China - influences upon the process of innovation in China sources of industrial innovation in a newly industrialized country - a microeconometric analysis for Turkish manufacturing industries the dynamics of innovation financing in Sweden patterns of strategic change and technological learning in Korean small and medium enterprises. Part 4 Strategic technology planning and transfer: fast-start technology roadmapping technology assessment in the manufacturing enterprise - a holistic approach the challenging search for global scenarios of the internet evolution optimising product value chains procedures for developing a strategic technological plan for a virtual Mexican engineering SME - the case of INCAM Technology transfer - the importance of accurate information line of sight - a process for transferring science from the laboratory to the market place innovative capability audits of university research centre evaluating the international transfer of technology. Part 5 Human, social and cultural issues: COMPETE European movement towards a competency-based skills taxonomy and a personal skills medium diversity, culture and technical project management managing stress in product development projects value management - a methodology to lead the change in a training pedagogical organization. Part 6 Project management: a new framework for strategic project management successful control of innovative projects - an empirical study. Part 7 Conceptual issues and methodologies in management of technology. (Part contents).