This timely handbook represents the latest thinking in the field of technology and innovation management, with an up-to-date overview of the key developments in the field.

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• The editor provides with a critical, introductory essay that establishes the theoretical framework for studying technology and innovation management
  
• The book will include 15-20 original essays by leading authors chosen for their key contribution to the field
  
• These chapters chart the important debates and theoretical issues under 3 or 4 thematic headings
  
• The handbook concludes with an essay by the Editor highlighting the emergent issues for research
  
• The book is targeted as a handbook for academics as well as a text for graduate courses in technology and innovation management

Professor Scott Shane is A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University