Technology Management

Dilek Cetindamar is Professor in the Faculty of Management at Sabanci University, Turkey, where she is Academic Director of the Entrepreneurship Development Program and Director of the Competitiveness Forum. Robert Phaal joined the Centre for Technology Management at Cambridge University in 1997, where he conducts research in the area of strategic technology management, including roadmapping and the emergence of technology based industry. David Probert pursued a career in industry for 18 years, prior to returning to Cambridge in 1991. He is a founding member and Head of the Centre for Technology Management within the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, UK.

'This text provides a contemporary insight into a systems approach to understanding and resolving the many challenges facing engineering and technology managers today. In the continually changing face of new and often disruptive technology, it is refreshing to find a clearly defined yet flexible framework for thinking through and clarifying the core parameters affecting the technology management decision making process.' - Allan McLay, RMIT University, Australia 'This book is a perfect combination of breadth and depth. It enables students to embed the typical technology management activities in a comprehensive framework and gives you concrete tools to actually execute technology management.' - Holger Schiele, University of Twente, the Netherlands 'This book provides insights into the range of important topics, practical tools and techniques for decision making concerned with technology development processes. It is ideal for business and engineering students - as well as practitioners and managers - due to its clear emphasis on practical relevance and well prepared case examples.' - Frank Tietze, University of Cambridge, UK

• 1. Introduction: a framework for understanding TM activities and toolsPART I: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES2. Acquisition3. Exploitation4. Identification5. Learning6. Protection7. SelectionPART II: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT TOOLS8. Patent Analysis9. Portfolio Management10. Roadmapping11. S-Curve12. Stage-gate13. Value Analysis/Value Innovation14. Conclusion: Managing Technology and the Challenges Ahead Linking TM Activities with TM tools.