Innovation is one of the avenues in which companies can move up the value chain, and has become a popular demand from stock markets and governments. Many of its proponents though lack insight as to what it takes to be an innovator, and instead hype and impel innovation based on a romanticized view that with enough willpower and support from a board, investors, or government every company can pursue innovation. This book offers a theoretical framework, the License Giver Business concept, that clarifies the core characteristics of a truly innovating company, and differentiates it from three other company archetypes with differing core business identities. It describes key aspects and pitfalls in the practical application of the License Giver Business concept and provides cases from the marine industry and computer industry.

Report of a panel on invention and Innovation in the USA - describes the management environment in small and large enterprises, analyses the economic implications of taxation, financing, monopoly and competition on technological change and government responsibilities in connection therewith, and includes comments on relevant legislation and recommendations. References.

Ebook: Strategic Management of Technological Innovation

In this valuable book, Russell Parr and Patrick Sullivan, along with a distinguished team of contributing experts, reveal the licensing strategies now being used at DuPont, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, Dow Chemical, Kodak, and other top multinational corporations. They also provide practical prescriptions for determining where technology licensing belongs on your organizational chart and for establishing a successful licensing program tailored to your company's vision and goals.