TY - BOOK AU - Bidgoli, Hossein. TI - The handbook of technology management SN - 9780470249505 AV - HD 45 .H191 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Technological innovations N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; v. 1. Core concepts, financial tools and techniques, operations and innovation management -- v. 2. Supply chain management, marketing and advertising, and global management -- v. 3. Management support systems, electronic commerce, legal and security considerations N2 - Guidelines and methodologies for a multidisciplinary and multi-functional approach to technology management . Presents new ways to optimize investments in technology and ensure company growth; Key theories, practices, facts, and figures and devices from latest research and case histories; The underlying principles involved in managing technologyaffectively and economically; Details the entire technology management process. As a business process, it is one that goes beyond science and engineering and affects every aspect of an organization's business practices,as a process it integrates the many business issues necessary for developing competitive advantage. Offers to guide every major aspect of technology management, as it merges theory and practice to create systems approach that it integrates the many business issues necessary for developing competitive advantage.Offers to guide every major aspect of technology management, as it merges theory and practice to create systems approach that integrates all technology-related activities from product or service concept to customer use or implementation.Presents the latest thinking, research results, and practices related to integral technolgy management. Contains: industry specific information for companies that produce goods, provide services, or manage processes. Explains: the fundamental concepts of technology management ER -