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Informationen zum Autor John Howells teaches, researches and publishes on the interaction between science, technological innovation and management. He has held posts at Brunel University and the University of Edinburgh in the UK. He is currently Associate Professor in the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark. Klappentext `A great strength of the book is the extensive and detailed integration of rich case study analyses into the main flow of the argument. Many apparently well known cases are revisited and critically assessed to draw clear and often contrary to popular belief lessons. This is a highly original and commendable feature of this text. It provides an unusually strong integration between theory and examples. And there is no doubt of the relevance of the examples: they are not inserted as an afterthought, but are intrinsically part of the development of the thinking' - Professor James Fleck, Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, University of Edinburgh Management School Zusammenfassung Analyses a range of social contexts in which human decisions shape technology in the market economy. This book covers such topics as: the social context for individual acts of creative insight; the development of the technology-market relationship; the management of R&D and technological standards; and! technological competition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Technological Innovation Invention, Science, R&D and Concepts of Use and Market Patterns in Technological Development and the Creation of Technological Standards Competition and Innovation as Substitution Threat Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Finance - Techniques, Institutions and Innovation Innovation and the Organisation of Technical Expertise and Work The State and the Management of Technology