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"This book highlights the concepts of technology financing, technology and innovation management, technology investments and commercialization. It relies on three main approaches: National Innovation Systems (NIS), the Triple Helix Model, and Micheal Porter's Diamond. It highlights the main difficulties faced by new technology-based firms in financing their business projects, R&D investments, and commercialization of new technologies, and provides an illustration of the various funding alternatives - from commercial banking, to business angels, private equity and venture capital, to stock markets. Part II is devoted to some successful case studies in the developed world, namely Silicon Valley and Boston Route 128, Canada and the Israeli 'Silicon Wadi'. Part III, instead, focuses on the national innovation systems of some Newly Industrialized Economies (NIEs), namely the Asian Dragons - Taiwan, Singapore - and the Asian Tigers - Malaysia, Thailand. The author offers practical lessons and insights on effective policies that can be applied to other economies in terms of using technology financing to foster technological innovations. In addition, the book outlines the significant role of government in accelerating the nation's innovative capacity by promoting technology investments and creating conditions that enable innovative activities to achieve successful and sustainable economic development. The book will prove a valuable resource for policymakers, students, instructors, researchers, government leaders and practitioners wanting to understand the dynamics of technology and innovation management and public policy strategies aimed at achieving an innovative economy with effective technology financing and commercialization"--
List of contents
PART I: CONCEPTS OF TECHNOLOGY FINANCING AND COMMERCIALIZATION 1. Introduction to Technology Financing, Technology Management and Commercialization 2. Financing Innovative Businesses Towards Commercialization 3. Financial Models for Evaluating Technology Investments PART II: CASE STUDIES OF SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGY FINANCING AND COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAMS 4. Case Study of Technology Financing and Commercialization Programs - USA 5. Case Study of Technology Financing and Commercialization Programs - Canada 6. Case Study of Technology Financing and Commercialization Programs - Israel PART III: FORGING AHEAD - INNOVATIVE CASE STUDIES IN THE ASIAN ECONOMIES 7. Case Studies of Technology Financing and Commercialization Programs - Asian Dragons 8. Case Studies of Technology Financing and Commercialization Programs - Asian Tigers PART IV: TECHNOLOGY FINANCING TO ENHANCE INNOVATIVE CAPACITY 9. Technology Financing Towards Effective Economies 10. Conclusions and Outlook
About the author
Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat is a member of the College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Thailand and Visiting Professor at Boston University, USA. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat holds a PhD in Technology Management from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK and has postdoctoral fellowships at Boston University and Harvard University, USA. She has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank N.A., Sussex Innovation Centre, Boston University Technology Commercialization Institute and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat has won many awards for her research contributions including Elsevier Scopus Young Scientist Award, the award designed by Elsevier, the World's leading research publisher of scientific information. Her research is used as study material for the course on Technological Innovation and Development Policy at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat is recognized by the International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology as one of the experts and leading scholars and practitioners in the field of Technology Management. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat also serves on the editorial boards of many international journals.
