ELIEZER GEISLER is Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He has authored more than 80 scientific publications and five books, three published by Quorum, Dr. Geisler specializes in the evaluation and measurement of science and technology, the strategic management of technology, and medical technology, specifically. Dr. Geisler has also served as Chair of the College of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, a division of INFORMS, and as editor for various journals in his fields.

• PrefaceHistorical BackgroundIndustrial Science and Technology: A Historical PerspectivePublic Investments in Science and TechnologyDevelopment of PartnershipsA Personal ViewTheoretical FoundationsThe Nature of the PhenomenonOverview of Relevant TheoriesTheories of Knowledge and the Knowledge-Driven SocietyDefinitions of ConceptsEvaluation of Science and TechnologyWhat Is Evaluation? Establishing the BoundaryEvaluation of ResearchEvaluation of TechnologyThe Innovation ContinuumScience and Technology, the Economy, and SocietyScience, Technology, and Models of InnovationScience and Technology and Economic ProgressHow Companies Create Economic Value with Science and TechnologyHow Society Creates and Exploits Value from Science and TechnologyScience and Technology, the Economy, and Society: Issues, Controversies, and a Reality CheckScience and Technology, the Economy, and Society: The FutureBibliographyIndex

ELIEZER GEISLER is Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He has authored more than 80 scientific publications and five books, three published by Quorum, Dr. Geisler specializes in the evaluation and measurement of science and technology, the strategic management of technology, and medical technology, specifically. Dr. Geisler has also served as Chair of the College of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, a division of INFORMS, and as editor for various journals in his fields.

• PrefaceHistorical BackgroundIndustrial Science and Technology: A Historical PerspectivePublic Investments in Science and TechnologyDevelopment of PartnershipsA Personal ViewTheoretical FoundationsThe Nature of the PhenomenonOverview of Relevant TheoriesTheories of Knowledge and the Knowledge-Driven SocietyDefinitions of ConceptsEvaluation of Science and TechnologyWhat Is Evaluation? Establishing the BoundaryEvaluation of ResearchEvaluation of TechnologyThe Innovation ContinuumScience and Technology, the Economy, and SocietyScience, Technology, and Models of InnovationScience and Technology and Economic ProgressHow Companies Create Economic Value with Science and TechnologyHow Society Creates and Exploits Value from Science and TechnologyScience and Technology, the Economy, and Society: Issues, Controversies, and a Reality CheckScience and Technology, the Economy, and Society: The FutureBibliographyIndex

ELIEZER GEISLER is Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He has authored more than 80 scientific publications and five books, three published by Quorum, Dr. Geisler specializes in the evaluation and measurement of science and technology, the strategic management of technology, and medical technology, specifically. Dr. Geisler has also served as Chair of the College of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, a division of INFORMS, and as editor for various journals in his fields.

• PrefaceHistorical BackgroundIndustrial Science and Technology: A Historical PerspectivePublic Investments in Science and TechnologyDevelopment of PartnershipsA Personal ViewTheoretical FoundationsThe Nature of the PhenomenonOverview of Relevant TheoriesTheories of Knowledge and the Knowledge-Driven SocietyDefinitions of ConceptsEvaluation of Science and TechnologyWhat Is Evaluation? Establishing the BoundaryEvaluation of ResearchEvaluation of TechnologyThe Innovation ContinuumScience and Technology, the Economy, and SocietyScience, Technology, and Models of InnovationScience and Technology and Economic ProgressHow Companies Create Economic Value with Science and TechnologyHow Society Creates and Exploits Value from Science and TechnologyScience and Technology, the Economy, and Society: Issues, Controversies, and a Reality CheckScience and Technology, the Economy, and Society: The FutureBibliographyIndex