Giacomo Marzi is Assistant Professor (Tenured) in Management at the University of Trieste (IT), Department of Management, Mathematics and Statistics (DEAMS). Previously he was Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Enterprise at the University of Lincoln (UK), Department of Management where he now holds a Visiting Fellow position. He received a PhD in Management from the University of Pisa, School of Economics and Management, Italy. His primary research fields are Innovation Management, New Product Development, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship. Author of three books and several papers appeared in journals such as Technovation, Journal of Business Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Production Research, and Scientometrics among the others. His work has also been presented at various conferences including Academy of Management, European Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, IEEE TEMSCON, and Innovation and Product Development Management Conference.

• Chapter ​1: The Unpredictable Environment and Role of Innovation.- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurs, the Innovation Process and the Management of Uncertainty.- Chapter 3: The Necessity and the Drawbacks of Product and Process Innovation.- Chapter 4: A Review of Excessive Development Studies on the New Product Development Process.- Chapter 5: Managing Uncertainty Through Stage-Gate, Agile and Overspecification.- Chapter 6: The Threat of Uncertainty in the New Product Development Process.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Giacomo Marzi is Assistant Professor (Tenured) in Management at the University of Trieste (IT), Department of Management, Mathematics and Statistics (DEAMS). Previously he was Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Enterprise at the University of Lincoln (UK), Department of Management where he now holds a Visiting Fellow position. He received a PhD in Management from the University of Pisa, School of Economics and Management, Italy. His primary research fields are Innovation Management, New Product Development, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship. Author of three books and several papers appeared in journals such as Technovation, Journal of Business Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Production Research, and Scientometrics among the others. His work has also been presented at various conferences including Academy of Management, European Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, IEEE TEMSCON, and Innovation and Product Development Management Conference.

• Chapter ​1: The Unpredictable Environment and Role of Innovation.- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurs, the Innovation Process and the Management of Uncertainty.- Chapter 3: The Necessity and the Drawbacks of Product and Process Innovation.- Chapter 4: A Review of Excessive Development Studies on the New Product Development Process.- Chapter 5: Managing Uncertainty Through Stage-Gate, Agile and Overspecification.- Chapter 6: The Threat of Uncertainty in the New Product Development Process.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Giacomo Marzi is Assistant Professor (Tenured) in Management at the University of Trieste (IT), Department of Management, Mathematics and Statistics (DEAMS). Previously he was Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Enterprise at the University of Lincoln (UK), Department of Management where he now holds a Visiting Fellow position. He received a PhD in Management from the University of Pisa, School of Economics and Management, Italy. His primary research fields are Innovation Management, New Product Development, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship. Author of three books and several papers appeared in journals such as Technovation, Journal of Business Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Production Research, and Scientometrics among the others. His work has also been presented at various conferences including Academy of Management, European Academy of Management, British Academy of Management, IEEE TEMSCON, and Innovation and Product Development Management Conference.

• Chapter ​1: The Unpredictable Environment and Role of Innovation.- Chapter 2: The Entrepreneurs, the Innovation Process and the Management of Uncertainty.- Chapter 3: The Necessity and the Drawbacks of Product and Process Innovation.- Chapter 4: A Review of Excessive Development Studies on the New Product Development Process.- Chapter 5: Managing Uncertainty Through Stage-Gate, Agile and Overspecification.- Chapter 6: The Threat of Uncertainty in the New Product Development Process.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.