Think, Play, Do

Mark Dodgson is Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Centre at the University of Queensland Business School, University of Queensland, Visiting Professor at the Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London, and is an International Fellow at the Advanced Institute of Management Research in the UK. He was previously Executive Director of the National Graduate School of Management at the Australian National University. Mark has lecutured and researched widely throughout Europe, North America, Asian, and Latin America, and has been an invited participant at international conferences in over 35 countries. He has been an advisor and consultant to many European Commission Programs and to numerous UK, US, European, Asian, and Australian government departments and agencies. David Gann is Head of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Management at the Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London. David holds the Chair in Technology and Innovation Management and co-directs the Imperial College Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre. He is responsible for a large portfolio of research involving collaboration with firms in design, manufacturing, engineering, construction, ICT services and healthcare industries. His research interests include the intensification of innovation, use of simulation and modelling in innovation processes, and managing innovation in project-based firms. He consults with several leading companies and is an advisor to governments and industry organisations. He previously held the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Innovative Manufacturing at the University of Sussex. Ammon Salter is Senior Lecturer in Technology and Innovation Management at the Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London. He is the author of several reports and articles on the sources and determinants of innovation. He was the author of the CVCP/HEFCE Report on 'Talent, Not Technology', exploring the relationship between publicly funded research and innovation in the UK. He has worked for HM Treasury on a report on the economic benefits of basic research, and was the co-author of the Russell Group of Universities report 'Measuring and Mapping Third Stream Activities'. He is currently a member of the DTI's Project Board for the development of the 4th UK Innovation Survey.

• 1. Innovation Technology ; 2. Understanding Innovation ; 3. Using Innovation Technology: Procter & Gamble and Arup ; 4. 'Think' ; 5. 'Play' ; 6. 'Do' ; 7. The Strategic Management of Innovation ; 8. A New Innovation Process ; Appendix: Research Method

This book explains how innovation technology supports the new innovation process, providing major improvements in efficiency and effectiveness in industrial innovation. It describes and analyses leading-edge management of research, development and design. It demonstrates the importance of combining expertise in business strategy, engineering and the sciences. I am delighted that it results from interdisciplinary collaboration between Imperial College's Tanaka Business School, Engineering and Science Faculties.