Sunday, December 28, 2008

Bringing New Technology to Market or Foodservice Planning

Bringing New Technology to Market

Author: Kathleen R Allen

Bringing New Technology to Market presents a comprehensive look at the issues related to the transfer and commercialization of new technology. High-tech businesses with patentable technology, whether engineering technology, biotechnology, or information systems technology, display different business models, processes, and characteristics from mainstream businesses. Therefore, CEOs, CTOs, managers, entrepreneurs, faculty, and students need to understand this phenomenon and learn how to successfully commercialize the intellectual property they develop.

Bringing New Technology to Market is the first text that addresses the entire technology commercialization process from idea to market.

Booknews

In this textbook intended for one-semester graduate-level business courses, Allen (business, U. of Southern California) examines issues of the transfer and commercialization of technology. She covers patent issues and business models, examining the development of business strategy in thematic chapters that proceed from the conceptualization of a technological plan, through product development strategies and financial strategies, and on to implementation and marketing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



Table of Contents:
Preface
Ch. 1Innovation and Commercialization1
Ch. 2Recognizing and Screening Technology Opportunities27
Ch. 3Developing and Testing a Technology Business Concept50
Ch. 4High-Technology Product Development Strategies84
Ch. 5The Concept of Intellectual Property109
Ch. 6Licensing Intellectual Property131
Ch. 7Intellectual Property Strategy144
Ch. 8Building and Valuing the Business Model168
Ch. 9Funding the Technology Start-Up189
Ch. 10Funding Growth209
Ch. 11Moving from R&D to Operations235
Ch. 12Marketing High Technology256
Ch. 13Growing the High-Tech Venture286
Ch. 14Entrepreneurial Venturing Inside a Corporation311
Ch. 15Developing a Business Plan for Sustained Innovation335
Index355

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Foodservice Planning: Layout, Design, and Equipment

Author: Barbara A Almanza

This comprehensive book has become a standard for designing and equipping a foodservice facility. Focuses on the role of the computer in foodservice planning and discusses the efficiencies technology can create. Includes one of the most comprehensive sections on equipment. Emphasizes the need for industrial engineering technologies in planning a start-up facility and successfully choosing and arranging equipment for optimum results. For anyone involved in restaurant, food service and hospitality management and planning.



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