Global Trends in Technology Startup Project Development and Management: From Innovation to Startup Creation (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management)

Innovative ideas provide solutions to problems that creators are passionate about, which stimulates the decision of technology-based company creation. This book explores the fundamental elements and economic valuation of technology-based startups and their immediate ecosystems. It covers all the phases and the required competencies for technological startup creation and development. This book also provides a comprehensive coverage of methods and recommendations for defining and assessing opportunities to create new tech companies for many young researchers or students aspiring to be innovators. Featuring contributions from financial market analysts, business professionals, and venture capitalists, this book benefits readers from different disciplines, technical or non-technical, associated with tech startup projects. 

Srikanta Patnaik is Director of Interscience Institute of Management & Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Dr. Patnaik has published around 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 2 books and more than 80 edited volumes published by leading international publishers.

 Vincenzo Pallotta is Professor of Innovation Management and Product Development at the Swiss Applied Science University of Canton Vaud (HEIG-VD) in Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland, and an Expert at InnoSuisse, the Swiss Federal Agency for support of innovation, Bern, Switzerland. Dr. Pallotta is also the co-founder of interAnalytics, a Semantic Technologies for Big Data and Customer Interaction Analytics startup in Geneva, Switzerland. He contributes as a Lean Startup coach, mentor and trainer to initiatives such as Startup Weekend, UP-NEXT, SeedStars World, Lean Startup Machine and Stanford’s Technology Entrepreneurship online MOOC.

Kayhan Tajeddini is Professor of Strategic Management and International Business at the Institute for International Strategy, Tokyo International University, Japan. Dr. Tajeddini has published in premier peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include marketing, entrepreneurship, hospitality, and strategic management.