Rastogi, P. N.

Management of technology and innovation : competing through technological excellence / P.N. Rastogi. - 2nd ed. - Los Angeles : Response, 2009. - xv, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-356) and index.

Technology as the driving force of global industrial competition -- The axes and atlas of technology -- Strategic management of technology -- Productivity and incremental innovation -- Technology absorption -- Structure of world class manufacturing -- Crucial issues in flexible technology -- Strategic evaluation of technological investments -- The product development cycle--integration of design and manufacturing -- Management of technological innovation -- Technology fusion and the new R&D -- Core competencies in technology and its commercialization -- Structural imperatives of technology management -- Building organization culture -- The organization as a laboratory for learning -- Role, rationale, and requisites of a national technology policy -- Coping with continuous change--the structure of the Japanese innovation system -- Spectrum of technological excellence and generation of wealth -- Prosperity of companies and countries--Is social capital the missing resource?

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Technological innovations--Management.
Industrial management.
Manufactures--Technological innovations--Management.
Competition.

HD45 / .R28 2009

658.5