List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface to the Paperback Edition. Preface to the Original Edition. Section I: Overview of Research Program and Methods. 1. An Introduction to the Minnesota Innovation Research Program, Andrew H. Van de Ven and Harold L. Angle. 2. Methods for Studying Innovation Processes, Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole. 3. A Psychometric Assessment of the Minnesota Innovation Survey, Andrew H. Van de Ven and Yun-han Chu. Section II: The Minnesota Innovation Research Program Framework. 4. The Development of Innovation Ideas, Roger G. Schroeder, Andrew H. Van de Ve.

This paper describes the common and unique research frameworks of ten related longitudinal studies that are being launched to study the management of innovation in areas of agriculture, computer hardware and software, public school systems, financial services, government systems contracting, industrial products, health care, human resources management, and joint ventures between public and private organizations. (Author).

This paper describes the progress of a major research program of 13 longitudinal studies on the management of innovation being undertaken by 34 investigators at the University of Minnesota. Begun in 1983, the investigators are tracking a wide variety of innovations while they are being developed and until they are implemented or terminated. This report also references the 75 research papers produced by the program for publication and conferences, and these are available upon request. Keywords: Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Organizational innovation; their Organizational change. (Author).