Industrial Innovation: Technology, Policy, Diffusion

Preface Biographical Notes The Wider Horizons of 'Industrial' Innovation; G.F.Ray Commentary; J.Langrish The Typology Approach in Innovation Research; L.Uhlmann Commentary; M.Gibbons Note; J.Langrish The Relationship between Technical Change and Economic Performance in Mechanical Engineering: Some Evidence; R.Rothwell Inter-industry Repercussions of Major Technological Innovations; B.Gold Commentary; J.A.Czepiel A Customer-active Paradigm for Industrial Product Idea Generation; E.von Hippel Innovation Strategies for Industrial Corporations and for Satisfying National Needs; E.A.Haeffner Commentary; E.von Hippel Product and Process Innovation in a Changing Competitive Environment; J.M.Utterback Commentary; L.Uhlmann Co-operative Research and Development in the United States; F.W.Wolek Commentary; G.Hayward Orienting Research and Development to the Needs of Industry: The Application of the 'Customer-Contractor' Principle in the Department of Industry; M.Gibbons & P.J.Gummett Decision-Makers' Responses to Industrial Innovation Incentives; D.S.Watkins & A.H.Rubenstein Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Industrial Firms - A German Perspective; K.A.Stroetmann Commentary; R.Rothwell Technology Forecasting as an Influence on Technological Innovation: Past Examples and Future Expectations; J.R.Bright Commentary; B.Little New Technology and the Role of Marketing; B.Little On User Needs and Need Determination: Aspects of the Theory of Technological Innovation; M.Teubal Commentary; B.C.Twiss Changing Corporate Attitudes to Innovation: A Case Study; B.C.Twiss Commentary; H.Nyström A Study in 'Real Time' of the Innovation Process in Two Science-based Companies; A.Robertson & M.Fox Commentary; E.Pessemier Managing Product Innovation; M.Teubal Industrial Buying Behaviour and the Adoption of Innovations; M.J.Baker Commentary; R.Rothwell Perceived Characteristics and the Diffusion of Innovations; G.Hayward Commentary; M.J.Baker Communications Networks and Innovation in Industrial Communities; J.A.Czepiel Company Strategies for Research and Development; H.Nyström Comentary; E.Haeffner The Effects of Technological Change; J.Langrish Commentary; F.Wolek Index