New Technologies and the Firm

Peter Swann

• Part 1: The 'Core' - Management of New Technology 1. Managing Technological Innovation: Architecture Trust and Organizational Relationships in the Firm 2. Managing Technology: Organizing for Competitive Advantage 3. The Performance of Innovative Small Firms: A Regional Issue 4. Paradigms, Strategies and the Evolutionary Basis of Technological Competition 5. Supplier-user Relationships and the Management of Expertise in Computer Systems Development Janette Webb and David Cleary Part 2: Skills and Expertise in the Workforce 6. New Technologies, Skills Shortages and Training Strategies 7. Qualified Scientists and Engineers and Economic Performance Part 3: Markets and Consumers 8. The Diffusion of New Technology: Extensions to Theory and Evidence 9. Product Marketing and Sales in High-Technology Small Firms 10. The Speed of Technology Change and Development of Market Structure : Semiconductors, PC Software and Biotechnology 11. The Heart of Where the Home is: The Innovation Process in Consumer IT Products Part 4: Financing New Technology 12. Internal and External Financial Constraints on Investment in Innovative Technology 13. Accounting for R & D Costs: does it Matter? Perceptions of Analysts and Company Management 14. R & D Intensity and Firm Finance: A US-UK Comparison Part 5: Collboration in New Technology 15. Management of International Collboration . Summary and Conclusion