Economics and Management of Technological Diversification

John Cantwell, Alfonso Gambardella, Ove Granstrand

• 1. Technological and corporate diversification John Cantwell, Alfonso Gambardella and Ove Granstrand Part One: Background 2. Technological and business diversification: a survey of theories and empirical evidence Salvatore Torrisi and Ove Granstrand 3. The empirical assessment of firms' technological coherence: data and methodology Stephano Breschi, Francesco Lissoni and Franco Malerba Part Two: Technological Diversification, Internationalisation and Alliances 4. The relationships between technological diversification and internationalisation John Cantwell and Lucia Piscitello 5. Technological diversification and strategic alliances Paola Giuri, John Hagedoorn and Myriam Mariani Part Three: Technological Diversification in Specific Industries 6. Technological competencies in networks of innovators Fabio Pammolli and Massimo Riccaboni 7. Technological diversification, technology strategies and licensing in the chemical processing industry Fabrizio Cesaroni 8. Large companies from all sectors patenting in ICT: is there a link between corporate technological diversification and the information revolution Sandro Mendonça 9. The changing boundaries of the firm: empirical evidence from the aircraft engine industry Andrea Prencipe Part Four: Strategy and Management 10. A historical change in the nature of corporate technological diversification John Cantwell 11. Multi-technology management Ove Grandstrand 12. Summary and Conclusions John Cantwell, Alfonso Gambardella and Ove Granstrand