Good progress on the MITE book!

With new volunteer authors and new permissions for key cases, the MSM Managing Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship textbook is coming along nicely.

• Professor Yu-Shan Su of Chang Jung Christian University (Taiwan) will fill out chapter 3.
  
• Professors Rod McNaughton (Eyton Chair in Entrepreneurship) and Amir Gabriel of the University of Waterloo (Canada) have offered to write chapter 4.
  
• Prof. John Verhardt has promised chapter 14.
• Original cases have been promised by Dr. Cristina Santini of the University of Florence (Italy) and by Yansi Xu, student at the Internationella Högskolan Jönköping (Sweden).
  
• The IC2 Institute at the University of Texas (USA) has extended permission to use material on business plans authored by the late Dr. Gene Konecci.
  
• Springer Verlag has extended permission to use two cases from my 2001 book Market-Oriented Technology Management.
• Prof. Beatrice Avolio and Mr. Daniel More Torres (Peru) have offered material on Peruvian entrepreneurship.
• Dr. Khaled Wahba (Egypt) and Dr. John Renner (Canada) have offered material on business startups in their countries.
• Prof. Lei Tang (France) has sent a case on a Chinese telecomms company.

Thanks to all!

Chapters still needed for MITE text book

Partners of MSM are invited to contribute chapters and cases to the forthcoming books in the MSM Series in Global and Intercultural Management. The next book planned for the series is Managing Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. If you are willing to help complete this book, please see the topics/chapters below that are still not covered. If you can contribute a case, the editor will determine which chapter it will be featured in.

MANAGING INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Section I. Introduction
1. Firms, innovation and entrepreneurship FRED PHILLIPS AND JEAN VERHARDT - IN PROGRESS
Section II. The Context and Content of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2. Entrepreneurial initiative, entrepreneurial behavior, and corporate strategy LOUISE KELLY - COMPLETED
3. Core competences and strategic intent  (with possible added material from JAN COBBENHAGEN)
4. Venturing, corporate venturing and organizational design ROD MCNAUGHTON AND AMIR GABRIEL - PROMISED
5. Property protection regimes, complementary assets and industry standards BILL HULSEY - PROMISED
6. Technological evolution and industry and environmental factors DANIEL NYARKO - COMPLETED
7. The business plan GENE KONECCI, FRED PHILLIPS, AND JOHN VERHARDT - COMPLETED
Section III. The Research, Development and Entrepreneurial Processes
8. Entrepreneurial processes: Starting and developing the new business CHERYL BANN - PROMISED
9. Corporate creativity and ideas for new businesses
10. Managing research and development projects and stages TUGRUL DAIM AND ATHAR PASHA - COMPLETED
11. Funding for new businesses and for corporate R&D
12. Technology sourcing and technology transfer DANIEL NYARKO - COMPLETED
13. Managing new product development TUGRUL DAIM AND NESLIHAN SENER - COMPLETED
14. The timing and location of market entry JEAN VERHARDT - PROMISED
Section IV. The Impact of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
15. Measuring and assessing the impact of innovation and entrepreneurship WITH MATERIAL FROM FRED PHILLIPS
Section V. Conclusions
16. Pulling the threads together: New products and new firms FRED PHILLIPS - IN PROGRESS
* L. Thuan has also contributed a case for the book.