This new volume in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management focuses on the relatively young field of Technology & Innovation Management, which is of growing interest to academics, students and practitioners. Technology and Innovation continues to grow as a field of inquiry in the academy as scholars engage more in research into how innovation takes placein corporations and the impact of changing technology.This timely reference volume provides discussion and explanation from 150 top international scholars in the field of the of the key concepts and debates in technology and innovation. Their entries will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners in strategic management; e-commerce; organization theory; entrepreneurship; innovation; and knowledge management.The subject is relevant to a number of central areas in management and has emerged as a popular field of new research. While the rapidly changing character of the field in the past few years underlines the need for a really authoritative overview, the international profile of the contributors will help ensure this is delivered.

VK Narayanan is Stubbs Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean of Research at Drexel University, Philadelphia. He is the author of a leading text on management and innovation and many journal articles.

Gina O'Connor is Professor of Marketing and Academic Director, Radical Innovation Research Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York.