Innovation Management and New Product Development

The management of innovation and product development is becoming critical as new products become a source of competitive advantage for many firms. In many industries it is the firms whose employees develop exciting products, that customers will want to buy, who will be successful. This text offers final year undergraduate and post-graduate students a contemporary view of innovation management that focuses on the links and overlaps between groups and disciplines. It takes a necessarily broad perspective, bringing together the three areas of business - organisation strategy, marketing and R&D. Moreover, it offers a framework through which students can view the management process of innovation.

New to this edition: *four new chapters - E-commerce; Managing Intellectual Property; The Role of Market Research in New Product Development; Innovation and Operations Management and Innovation Policies *new case studies at the end of each chapter as well as increased coverage of: *electronic commerce *intellectual property *brand management and market research *the role of operations management and innovation management *entrepreneurship and the rapidly developing economy in Turkey Paul Trott is a Senior Lecturer at the Business School, University of Portsmouth and holds a Ph.D. from Cranfield University. He has written numerous reports and publications in the area of innovation management. Innovation Management and New Product Development is suitable for undergraduates studying Innovation management /New product development. It should also be of interest to undergraduates studying Technology Management as well as master's students studying Marketing or Product! Development.