Research on the Management of Innovation

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface to the Paperback Edition. Preface to the Original Edition. Section I: Overview of Research Program and Methods. 1. An Introduction to the Minnesota Innovation Research Program, Andrew H. Van de Ven and Harold L. Angle. 2. Methods for Studying Innovation Processes, Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole. 3. A Psychometric Assessment of the Minnesota Innovation Survey, Andrew H. Van de Ven and Yun-han Chu. Section II: The Minnesota Innovation Research Program Framework. 4. The Development of Innovation Ideas, Roger G. Schroeder, Andrew H. Van de Ven, Gary D. Scudder and Douglas Polley. 5. Psychology and Organizational Innovation, Harold L. Angle. 6. Formal and Informal Dimensions of Transactions, Peter Smith Ring and Andrew H. Van de Ven. 7. Innovation Outcomes, Learning, and Action Loops, Bright M. Dornblaser, Tse-min Lin and Andrew H. Van de Ven. Section III: Studies of Business Creation. 8. Processes of New Business Creation in Different Organizational Settings, Andrew H. Van de Ven, S. Venkataraman, Douglas Polley and Raghu Garud. Section IV: Studies of Administrative Innovations. 9. The Process of Public Policy Innovation, Nancy C. Roberts and Paula J. King. 10. Sensemaking, Understanding, and Committing: Emergent Interpersonal Transaction Processes in the Evolution of 3M's Microgravity Research Program, Peter Smith Ring and Gordon P. Rands. 11. Communication, Conflict, and Learning in Mergers and Acquisitions, David T. Bastien. Section V: Studies of Technological Innovations. 12. Managing Complex Innovations: The Case of Defense Contracting, Gary D. Scudder, et al. 13. Assessing the Emergence of New Technologies: The Case of Compound Semiconductors, Michael A. Rapps. 14. The Management of Research and Development of a Biological Innovation, Mary K. Knudson and Vernon W. Ruttan. 15. Technological Innovation and Industry Emergence: The Case of Cochlear Implants, Raghu Garud and Andrew H. Van de Ven. Section VI: S