Technology and Strategy
Conceptual Models and Diagnostics
Published on 1. December 1994
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-19-507949-4 (ISBN)
Description
Technology and Strategy is a comprehensive guide to creating a strategic plan that incorporates technological growth. Using real-life examples from industries from electronics to bio-technology, the authors present the tools planners need to integrate a firm's technological capabilities with its strategic plan. Importantly, the book also addresses broader questions about the role of technology, clarifying when it aids innovation, when it is evolutionary, and when it is revolutionary. These questions are tested against trends such as Total Quality Management, the resource-based view of strategy, and the increase in external acquisition of technology. Offering clear guidance through an increasingly complex area, Technology and Strategy will be a valuable reference for practising executives, general managers, strategic planners, R&D executives, and manufacturers.
Reviews / Votes
Technology and Strategy is one of those rare books that operates well on two levels: it retains its academic integrity while refusing to sacrifice managerial practicality....A thoroughly researched and well-written work, this book should be mandatory reading in both university classrooms and the executive suites of modern corporations. * IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line illustrations, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
647 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-507949-4 (9780195079494)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/1994
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€157.99
Available for download
Persons
Richard A. Goodman is Chair of Policy and Organizations Faculty at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Michael W. Lawless is Associate Professor of Strategy and Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Research Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Content
1: A Roadmap to Effective Technology-Strategy Choices
Part I: Broad Guidance for Technological and Strategic Praxis: Conceptual Frameworks and Contextual Analysis
2: Strategy as Defensible Competitive Advantage
3: The Technology-Strategy Interface
Part II: Techniques for Diagnosing Situations and Selecting Technology Strategies
4: Success Conditions for Technology Strategies
5: Mapping a Technology's Antecedents
6: Mapping Technological Potential for Defensible Positioning
7: Some Examples of Strategic Technology Maps
8: Evaluating Your Advantage: The Innovation Audit
9: Detailing the Innovation Audit Technique
10: Some Examples of the Inovation Audit
Part III: Technological Connections to Other Strategic Issues
11: Thinking About Technology
12: Technology, Core Competence, and the Resource-Based View
13: Technology and Strategy Issues in Improved Quality
Part IV: Techniques for Managing Technology Strategies
14: Technology Management Techniques
15: Selecting Appropriate Technology Substrategies
16: Structuring the Organization for Advantage: The Technological Innovation Dimension
17: External Acquisition of Technology
18: The Elements of Strategic Action: Analysis, Formulation, and Implementation
Bibliography
Index
Part I: Broad Guidance for Technological and Strategic Praxis: Conceptual Frameworks and Contextual Analysis
2: Strategy as Defensible Competitive Advantage
3: The Technology-Strategy Interface
Part II: Techniques for Diagnosing Situations and Selecting Technology Strategies
4: Success Conditions for Technology Strategies
5: Mapping a Technology's Antecedents
6: Mapping Technological Potential for Defensible Positioning
7: Some Examples of Strategic Technology Maps
8: Evaluating Your Advantage: The Innovation Audit
9: Detailing the Innovation Audit Technique
10: Some Examples of the Inovation Audit
Part III: Technological Connections to Other Strategic Issues
11: Thinking About Technology
12: Technology, Core Competence, and the Resource-Based View
13: Technology and Strategy Issues in Improved Quality
Part IV: Techniques for Managing Technology Strategies
14: Technology Management Techniques
15: Selecting Appropriate Technology Substrategies
16: Structuring the Organization for Advantage: The Technological Innovation Dimension
17: External Acquisition of Technology
18: The Elements of Strategic Action: Analysis, Formulation, and Implementation
Bibliography
Index