April 10, 1790 - Congress passed the Patent Act; created U.S. patent system; July 31, 1790 - first U.S. Patent Office opened, first patent issued to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a method of making pearl ash and potash (used as ingredient in soap and fertilizer); patent granted for term of 14 years, signed by George Washington. Hopkins did not get Patent #1 as thousands of patents were issued before the Patent Office began to number them in 1836. Only two other patents were granted that year - one for a new candle-making process and the other the flour-milling machinery of Oliver Evans; 47 patents granted in first three years; 1836- fire at the United States Patent Office destroyed many patents. July 13 -1836 - John Ruggles of Maine received the first numbered patent (#1) for a "Locomotive Steam Engine for Rail and Other Roads" (a new and useful improvement or improvement on locomotive-engines used on railroads and common roads by which inclines planes and hills may be ascended and heavy loads drawn up the same with more facility and economy").

March 11, 1791 - Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is first to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent.

July 13, 1836 - John Ruggles, of Thomaston, ME, received U.S. patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for Locomotive Steam-Engine for All and Other Roads".

1870 - Averill Paints registered first trademark (eagle); 1875 - Bass red triangle logo is first registered trademark (reg. no. 1) in United Kingdom.

July 8, 1870 - Congress enacted Federal Trade Mark Act as first U.S. federal law to protect trademarks; 1876 - revised to add criminal penalties for trademark infringement; November 1878 - 17 merchants and manufacturers established United States Trademark Association (USTA), predecessor organization to  International Trademark Association (INTA), in New York City, "to protect and promote the rights of trademark owners, to secure useful legislation and to give aid and encouragement to all efforts for the advancement and observance of trademark rights." 1879 - Supreme Court declared the Trademark Act of 1870 unconstitutional, on ground that it was based improperly on patent and copyright clause of U.S. Constitution (determined that law was based in progress clause [not commerce clause], because original trademark law focused on copyrights and patents, this basis was not legitimate basis for the law, left 1870 law constitutionally unsupported); March 3, 1881 - Congress passed Trademark Protection Act of 1881, based on interstate commerce clause in U.S. Constitution (federal power to regulate interstate trade); February 20, 1905 - Federal Trademark Act of 1905, to eliminate unfair competition in marketing goods and services, to provide owners of marks protection against confusion of similar marks; covered: when owners of marks are entitled to federal protection for infringement, types of protections available, procedures for registering marks; allowed for registration of service marks; July 5, 1946 - Congress passed The Lanham Act (named for Representative Fritz G. Lanham of Texas); defined statutory, common law boundaries to trademarks, service marks (scope of a trademark, process by which to register with USPTA, penalties for trademark infringement); ranked equally with English, German trademark laws; approved the registration of service marks; 1996 - Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1996 passed; intended to create uniform federal cause of action against potential dilution of mark’s distinctiveness by similar marks; lack of a concrete definition of a ‘famous mark’; 2006 - Congress enacted Trademark Dilution Revision Act; denied dilution protection to parties whose marks are famous only in particular geographic area or industry.

April 14, 1885 - Japanese Patent Office issued first patent to Zuisho Hotta for formulation of antifouling paint for ship hulls made of lacquer, powdered iron, red lead, persimmon tannin, other ingredients; April 18, 1885 - Patent Monopoly Act proclaimed, established Japanese Patent Office; 1905 - New Utility Model Law enacted to complement patent system.

October 21, 1977 - The European Patent Institute is founded.

(British Leyland), Richard Whipp and Peter Clark (1986). Innovation and the Auto Industry: Product, Process, and Work Organization. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 220 p.). British Leyland Limited; Automobile industry and trade--Technological innovations--Great Britain; Automobile industry workers--Effect of technological innovations on--Great Britain.

(Control Data), Robert Price (2005). The Eye for Innovation: Recognizing Possibilities and Managing the Creative Enterprise. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 352 p.). Former CEO (Control Data). Control Data Corporation--History; Technological innovations--Management; Information technology; Creative ability in business. Technology plus innovation improves society. 

(GE) W. Bernard Carlson (1991). Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 377 p.). Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937; General Electric Company -- History; Inventors -- United States -- Biography; Electric industries -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Electric power systems -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Industrial organization -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Series Studies in economic history and policy.

(Intel), Albert Yu (1998). Creating the Digital Future: The Secrets of Consistent Innovation at Intel. (New York, NY: Free Press, 214 p.). Intel Corporation; Semiconductor industry--United States; Intel microprocessors--United States; High technology industries--United States--Management; Corporations--United States; Success in business--United States.

(JLABS), Judy Estrin (2008). Closing the Innovation Gap: Re-Igniting the Spark of Creativity in the Global Economy. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 272 p.). CEO of JLABS, LLC, Former Chief Technology Officer at Cisco Systems, founder of four technology companies. Technological innovations --Management; New products; Entrepreneurship. Innovation in business, education, government - three drivers of creative change: research, development, application ("Innovation Ecosystem"); how they work together to create sustainable innovation: America's role as primary driver of global innovation after World War II; fundamentals required to nurture innovation; how to ensure business benefits from thriving "Innovation Ecosystem"; examples illustrate power of innovation.

(Laser), Nick Taylor (2000). Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, the Thirty-Year Patent War. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 304 p.). Gould, Gordon, 1920- ; Lasers--History; Physicists--United States--Biography. 

(Merck), Louis Galambos with Jane Eliot Sewell (1995). Networks of Innovation: Vaccine Development at Merck, Sharp & Dohme, and Mulford, 1895-1995. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 273 p.). Merck, Sharp & Dohme International--History; Merck, Sharp & Dohme International; Vaccines--History; Vaccines industry--History; Drug Industry--History; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.--United States.

(MIT Media Lab), Frank Moss (2011). The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices: How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab Are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform Our Lives. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 272 p.). Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; Digital communications --Research --United States; Scientists --Massachusetts --Cambridge --Intellectual life --21st century. Research center with highly unorthodox approach to creativity, invention; how Media Lab cultivates open, boundary-less environment where researchers from broad array of disciplines (musicians, neuroscientists, visual artists, computer engineers) follow passions, take bold risks toward marketable gimmicks; inventions such as: 1) Nexi, mobile humanoid robot with such sophisticated social skills she can serve as helpful, understanding companion for sick and elderly; 2) CityCar, foldable, stackable, electric vehicle of future that will redefine personal transportation in cities, revolutionize urban life; 3) Sixth Sense, compact wearable device that transforms any surface – wall, tabletop or even your hand - into touch screen computer; 4) PowerFoot, lifelike robotic prosthesis that enables amputees to walk as naturally as if it were real biological limb.

(SRI Internationl), Curtis R. Carlson and William W. Wilmot (2006). Innovation: How Your Business Can Get It, Use It, and Drive It. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 368 p.). CEO, SRI International; Director, Collaboration Institute, Emeritus Professor (University of Montana). Technological innovations--Management--Case studies; Organizational effectiveness--Case studies; Creative ability in business--Case studies; Industrial management--Case studies; New products--Case studies. Innovation is successful creation, delivery of new or improved product or service that provides value for customer and sustained profit for organization.

Jennifer Karns Alexander (2008). The Mantra of Efficiency: From Water Wheel to Social Control. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 256 p.). Associate Professor in the Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering (University of Minnesota). Technological innovations--History; Industrial efficiency; Science and industry. Growing power of efficiency in post-industrial West; ways concept has appeared in modern history; common theme: pursuit of mastery through techniques of surveillance, discipline, control.

James P. Andrew, Harold L. Sirkin, with John Butman (2006). Payback : Reaping the Rewards of Innovation. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 228 p.). Senior Vice President, Director of The Boston Consulting Group; Senior Vice President, Director at BCG, Worldwide Leader of the Global Operations Practice. Technological innovations--Management; Industrial management. How corporations turn ideas into cash (payback); 3  innovation models: 1) "Integration"; 2) "Orchestration"; 3) "Licensor".

Scott D. Anthony, Mark Johnson, Joseph Sinfield, and Elizabeth Altman (2008). The Innovator’s Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 299 p.). President of Innosight; Chairman, Cofounder of Innosight; Senior Partner at Innosight, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (Purdue University); Vice President of Strategy and Business Development in Motorola's Mobile Devices business. Technological innovations --Management; Disruptive technologies --Management; New products; Business planning. How to unlock disruption's transformational power: follow market-proven process; create structures, systems, metrics; create common language of disruptive innovation.

W. Brian Arthur (2009). The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves. (New York, NY: Free Press, 256 p.). Former Dean and Virginia Morrison Professor of Population Studies and Economics (Stanford). Technology -- Philosophy; Technology -- Economic Aspects; Technology -- Social Aspects. Theory of technology's origins, evolution; how transformative new technologies arise, how innovation really works; technologies put together from pieces (of technologies) that already exist; share common ancestries, combine, morph, combine again to create further technologies; technology evolves much as coral reef builds itself from activities of small organisms; creates itself from itself; all technologies descended from earlier technologies.

David B. Audretsch (1995). Innovation and industry Evolution. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 205 P.). Research Professor in the Market Processes and Corporate Development (Institute at Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin). New business enterprises; Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Economic development. 

Ed. Bruce Berman (2006). Making Innovation Pay: People Who Turn IP into Shareholder Value. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 224 p.). President of Brody Berman Associates, Inc. Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Patent licenses. Leveraging intellectual property rights into profits. 

James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer (2008). Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 352 p.). Patent laws and legislation--United States. Economic performance of patents; 1) provide incentives to invest in research, development, commercialization, 2) fail to provide predictable property rights, 3) produce costly disputes, excessive litigation that outweigh positive incentives; reforms necessary to make system more effective.

Francis Bidault, Charles Despres, Christina Butler (1999). Leveraged Innovation: Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Strategic Supply. ( New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 200 p.). Industrial procurement; Industrial supply houses.

Alan Booth (2007). The Management of Technical Change: Automation in the UK and the USA Since 1950. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 288 p.). Technological innovations--Great Britain--Management; Technological innovations--United States--Management; Automation--Economic aspects--Great Britain; Automation--Economic aspects--United States; Employees--Effect of technological innovations on--Great Britain; Employees--Effect of technological innovations on--United States. Automation of manufacturing, office processes.

James Botkin, Dan Dimancescu, Ray Stata (1984). The Innovators: Rediscovering America's Creative Energy. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 312 p.). Technological innovations--United States; High technology--United States; Technology and state--United States.

Walter J. Boyne (1988). Power Behind the Wheel: Creativity and the Evolution of the Automobile. (New York, NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 240 p.). Automobiles; Automobiles--Technological innovations.

Stefano Breschi and Franco Malerba (2005). Clusters, Networks, and Innovation. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 528 p.). Strategic alliances (Business); Technological innovations; Industrial location. Broad interpretative framework and policy implications for creation, strengthening of competitive clusters.

Robert A. Buchanan (1994). The Power of the Machine: The Impact of Technology from 1700 to the Present Day. (New York, NY: Penguin, 299 p. [orig. pub. 1992]). Technology and civilization.

Robert Buderi (2000). Engines of Tomorrow: How the World's Best Companies Are Using Their Research Labs To Win the Future. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 446 p.). Research, Industrial; Technological innovations.

Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellemans (1993). The Timetables of Technology: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of Technology. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 490 p.). Technology--History--Chronology--Tables. 

Robert A. Burgelman, Modesto A. Maidique, Steven C. Wheelwright (2001). Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation. (Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 990 p. [3rd ed.]). Technological innovations--Management; New products--Management; High technology industries--Management.

Gene Bylinsky (1976). The Innovation Millionaires: How They Succeed. (New York, NY: Scribner, 237 p.). Success in business; Inventions; Venture capital.

Compiled by Roger J. Calantone and C. Anthony di Benedetto (1990). Successful Industrial Product Innovation: An Integrative Literature Review. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 184 p.). New Products. More than 450 articles and books on product innovation and new product development.

Thomas P. Carney (1981). False Profits: The Decline of Industrial Creativity. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 184 p.). Creative ability in business--United States; Research, Industrial--United States; Technological innovations--United States; Industries--United States.

Henry W. Chesbrough (2003). Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 227 p.). Assistant Professor (Harvard Business School). Technological innovations--Management; Research, Industrial--Management; Diffusion of innovations; High technology industries--Technological innovations--United States--Case studies. Useful knowledge no longer concentrated in few large organizations; "open" model of innovation enables companies to look outside their boundaries for ideas, intellectual property (IP) they can bring in, license their unutilized home-grown IP to other organizations.  

--- (2006). Open Business Models: How To Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 256 p.). Assistant Professor, Class of 1961 Fellow at Harvard Business School. Technological innovations--Management; Research, Industrial--Management. Connect innovation with IP management to create, capture value; how to make money in open innovation landscape.

Clayton M. Christensen (1997). The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 225 p.). Harvard Business School. Creative ability in business; Industrial management; Customer services; Success in business. 

--- (1999). Innovation and the General Manager. (Boston, MA: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 586 p.). Creative ability in business--Case studies; New products--Case studies; Product management--Case studies; Problem solving--Case studies; Decision making--Case studies; Technological innovations--Management--Case studies.

Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor (2003). The Innovators Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 288 p.). Robert & Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Director, Deloitte Research - Deloitte & Touche and Deloitte Consulting. Creative ability in business; Industrial management; Customer services; Success in business.

Pip Coburn (2006). The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Why Others Crash and Burn. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 240 p.). Former managing director, global technology Strategist in the Technology Group (UBS Investment Research). Technological innovations; Business enterprises--Technological innovations; High technology industries; Technology industry. People only willing to change when pain of their current situation outweighs perceived pain of trying something new.

Eds. Joel Colton and Stuart Bruchey (1987). Technology, the Economy, and Society: The American Experience. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 287 p.). Technology--Economic aspects--United States; Technology--Social aspects--United States.

Ed. Maurice Daumas. Translated by Eileen B. Hennessy (1970). A History of Technology & Invention; Progress Through the Ages: Vol. 1:  The Origins of Technological Civilization. (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 3 vols.). Professor of History of Technology (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers). Technology--History. Incomplete Contents: v. 1. The origins of technological civilization.--v. 2. The first stages of mechanization.--v. 3. The expansion of mechanization, 1725-1860. 

Ed. Maurice Daumas. Translated by Eileen B. Hennessy (1970). A History of Technology & Invention; Progress Through the Ages: Vol. 2:  The First Stages of Mechanization. (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 3 vols.). Professor of History of Technology (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers). Technology--History. Incomplete Contents: v. 1. The origins of technological civilization.--v. 2. The first stages of mechanization.--v. 3. The expansion of mechanization, 1725-1860. 

Ed. Maurice Daumas. Translated by Eileen B. Hennessy (1970). A History of Technology & Invention; Progress Through the Ages: Vol. 3: The Expansion of Mechanization, 1725-1860. (New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 3 vols.). Professor of History of Technology (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers). Technology--History. Incomplete Contents: v. 1. The origins of technological civilization.--v. 2. The first stages of mechanization.--v. 3. The expansion of mechanization, 1725-1860. 

Eds. R. P. T. Davenport-Hines and Geoffrey Jones (1988). Enterprise, Management, and Innovation in British Business, 1914-80. (Totowa, NJ: F. Cass, 118 p.). Industrial management--Great Britain--History--20th century; Business enterprises--Great Britain--History--20th century; Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.

James W. Dean, Jr. (1987). Deciding to Innovate: How Firms Justify Advanced Technology. (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 165 p.). Manufacturing industries--Technological innovations--United States--Decision making--Case studies; Technological innovations--Management--Case studies.

Thomas K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams (1961). A Short History of Technology from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 782 p.). Technology--History. Relates technology to historical epochs from earliest times to onset of Industrial Revolution, from mid-18th century to beginning of 20th century: food production, metalworking, building construction, early sources of power, development of steam engine, mining, internal combustion machines, electricity.

Jean-Philippe Deschamps (2008). Innovation Leaders: How Senior Executives Stimulate, Steer and Sustain Innovation. (Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, 433 p.). Professor of Technology and Innovation Management (IMD, "International Institute for Management Development"). Creative ability in business --Management; Technological innovations --Management; Organizational change; Leadership. Innovation leaders: promote, address innovation agenda in company; obsessed with providing superior value to customers through innovation; know how to mobilize staff behind concrete innovation initiatives, personally coach innovation teams; emerging leadership role of CTO; distinction between ‘front end’, ‘back end’ innovation leaders; aligning leadership styles with strategy; chain of leadership concept.

John Diebold (1990). The Innovators: The Discoveries, Inventions, and Breakthroughs of Our Time. (New York, NY: Dutton, 303 p.). Technological innovations.

Mark Dodgson, David Gann, Ammon Salter (2005). Think, Play, Do: Technology, Innovation, and Organization. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 254 p.). Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Centre (University of Queensland Business School); Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at Tanaka Business School (Imperial College London); Reader at the Tanaka Business School (Imperial College London). Technological innovations; Information technology; Research, Industrial; Creative ability in business. New category of technology; new method for  innovation process: Think, Play, Do: 1) thinking about new options, 2) playing with them to see if they are practical, economical,  marketable, 3) doing: making innovation real. 

Mark Dodgson, David Gann, Ammon Salter (2008). The Management of Technological Innovation: Strategy and Practice. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 373 p. [2nd ed.]). Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Centre (University of Queensland Business School); Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at Tanaka Business School (Imperial College London); Reader at the Tanaka Business School (Imperial College London). Technological innovations --Management; Research, Industrial --Management. Broad scope of MTI, its importance for company survival, growth and sustainability; how MTI has to be managed strategically, how successfully achieved by formulating, implementing strategy, delivering value; MTI in all parts of world, in companies large, small, services, manufacturing, resource-based business sectors.

David Edgerton (2007). The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900. (London, UK: Profile Books, Ltd., 320 p.). Hans Rausing Professor (Imperial College London); Founding Director of its Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Technology--History; Technology--Economic aspects-; Technology--Social aspects. History of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used rather than just what was invented; debunks idea that we live in an era of ever-increasing invention, casts doubt upon the many naive assertions about "the information age.

Ed. S.R. Epstein, Maarten Prak (2008). Guilds, Innovation, and the European Economy, 1400-1800. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 352 p.). Professor of Economic History, Head of the Economic History Department (London School of Economics). Guilds --Europe --History; Industrialization --Europe --History; Europe --Commerce --History. Re-examination of role of guilds in early modern European economy; manifold ways in which guilds in variety of industries in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Britain helped to create institutional environment conducive to technological, marketing innovations.

Richard Evans Farson and Ralph Keyes (2002). Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation. (New York, NY: Free Press, 129 p.). Technological innovations; Success in business; Success.

Gary Fields (2004). Territories of Profit: Communications, Capitalist Development, and the Innovative Enterprises of G.F. Swift and Dell Computer. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press,, 281 p.). Professor, Department of Communication (University of California, San Diego). Technological innovations; Computer industry Technological innovations Case studies; Meat industry and trade Technological innovations Case studies. 

Richard Florida and Martin Kenney (1990). The Breakthrough Illusion: Corporate America's Failure To Move from Innovation to Mass Production. (New York, NY: BasicBooks, 262 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States; Mass production--United States; Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Japan; Mass production--Japan.

Richard N. Foster (1986). Innovation: The Attacker's Advantage. (New York, NY: Summit Books, 316 p.). Senior Partner and Director, McKinsey & Co. Technological innovations--Management; Research, Industrial--Management. 

Chris Freeman and Luc Soete (1997). The Economics of Industrial Innovation. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 470 p. [3rd ed.]). Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Robert Friedel (2007). A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 576 p.). Professor in the Department of History (University of Maryland). Technological innovations--History; Technology and civilization; Civilization, Western; Intellectual life. Technological change comes largely through pursuit of improvement; social processes define what improvements are, which improvements last.

Annabelle Gawer, Michael A. Cusumano (2002). Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 336 p.). Technological innovations--Management; Leadership; Computers.

Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble (2005). Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 224 p.). Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, Director of the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School of Business Administration (Dartmouth College), Adjunct Associate Professor, Executive Director, William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth). New business enterprises--Management; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Strategic planning; New business enterprises--United States--Case studies. Breakthrough businesses within established organizations - fostering environment of risk-taking to drive growth.

Christine Greenhalgh and Mark Rogers (2010). Innovation, Intellectual Property and Economic Growth. (Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 384 p.). Professor of Applied Economics (University of Oxford); Professor of the Economics of Innovation (Aston University). Diffusion of innovations; Technological innovations --Economic aspects; Economic development; Intellectual property. Economics of innovation; how outcomes at microlevel feed through to macro-outcomes, determine personal incomes, job opportunities; 1) nature of innovation and intellectual property, 2) microeconomics and macroeconomics of innovation, 3) economic policy at the firm and macroeconomic levels; role of intellectual property in creating incentives to innovate; social returns of innovation; creation and destruction of jobs by innovation; whether more or fewer intellectual property rights would give firms better incentives to innovate; contentious issues surrounding international treaties on intellectual property.

 Andrew Hargadon (2003). How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth about How Companies Innovate. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 254 p.). Assistant Professor of Technology Management (Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis). Technological innovations--Management; Technological innovations--Management--Case studies; New products; New products--Case studies. 

Daniel R. Headrick (1988). Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 405 p.). Professor of Social Science and History (Roosevelt University). Imperialism -- History; Technology transfer -- History; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History; Tropics -- Economic conditions. Paradox of colonial rule: how massive transfers of technology from European imperial powers to their colonies in Asia, Africa resulted in underdevelopment, not industrialization.

David Freeman Hawke (1988). Nuts and Bolts of the Past: A History of American Technology, 1776-1860. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 308 p.). Technology--United States--History--18th century; Technology--United States--History--19th century; Inventions--United States--History--18th century; Inventions--United States--History--19th century.

John Alfred Heitmann (1987). The Modernization of the Louisiana Sugar Industry, 1830-1910. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 298 p.). Sugar trade--Louisiana--Technological innovations--History.

Ed. Brooke Hindle (1975). America's Wooden Age: Aspects of Its Early Technology. (Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Restorations, 218 p.). Technology--United States--History; Woodworking industries--United States--History; Water-power--United States--History.

Eric von Hippel (1988). The Sources of Innovation. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 218 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Thomas P. Hughes (1964). The Development of Western Technology Since 1500. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 149 p.). Technology--History; Technology and civilization.

--- (1989). American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970. (New York, NY: Viking, 529 p.). Technology--United States--History.

Kathryn Ibata-Arens (2005). Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Japan: Politics, Organizations, and High Technology Firms. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 251 p.). Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science (DePaul University), Abe Fellow in the Faculty of Commerce (Doshisha University). Technological innovations--Japan; High technology industries--Japan; Entrepreneurship--Japan. Global competition and entrepreneurship in high technology enterprises. 

Margaret C. Jacob (1997). Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 269 p.). Science--Social aspects--History; Science--History; Science and industry--History. 

Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner (2004). Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System Is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What To Do About It. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 256 p.). Professor of Economics (Brandeis), Professor of Investment Banking (Harvard Business School). Patent practice--Economic aspects--United States; Patents--United States; Technological innovations--United States. 

Frans Johansson (2006). The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 207 p.). Founder, former CEO of Inka.net (Boston-based enterprise software company) VP of Business Development of Dola Health Systems. Technological innovations; Creative thinking. Breakthrough ideas most often occur when   concepts from one field brought into new, unfamiliar territory.

P. S. Johnson (1975). The Economics of Invention and Innovation: With a Case Study of the Development of the Hovercraft. (London, UK: M. Robertson, 329 p.). Technological innovations; Ground-effect machines.

ed. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Kao, Fred Wiersema (1997). Innovation: Breakthrough Ideas at 3m, Dupont, Ge, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 192 p.). Technological innovations--United States--Management--Case studies; Manufactures--United States--Technological innovations--Management--Case studies; New products--United States--Management--Case studies.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1983). The Change Masters: Innovation for Productivity in the American Corporation. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 432 p.). Professor (Harvard Business School). Industrial management; Organizational change; Management--Employee participation; Technological innovations--United States--Employee participation.

John Kao (1991). Managing Creativity. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 210 p.). Creative ability in business--Management.

--- (1996). Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 204 p.). Creative ability in business.

--- (2007). Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do To Get It Back. (New York, NY: Free Press, 306 p.). Technological innovations--United States; Technological innovations--United States--Management. Tour of leading innovation centers which are trumping US in more focused, creative approaches to fueling innovation; plan for national innovation strategy to innovate process of innovation, marshal vast resources of talent,  infrastructure in particular ways shown to lead to transformative results. 

John F. Kasson (1999). Civilizing the Machine: Technology and Republican Values in America, 1776-1900. (New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 274 p.). Teaches History and American Studies (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Technology--Social aspects--United States--History; Political science--United States--History--19th century; United States--Civilization--19th century. 

Guy Kawasaki with Michele Moreno (1995). How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit. (New York, NY: Hyperion, 234 p.). Industrial management; Technological innovations; Competition.

John M. Keil (1985). The Creative Mystique: How To Manage It, Nurture It, and Make It Pay. (New York, NY: Wiley, 231 p.). Creative ability in business.

Linsu Kim, Richard R. Nelson (2000). Technology, Learning and Innovation: Experiences of Newly Industrializing Economies. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 377 p.). Technology and state --Developing countries; Technological innovations --Developing countries. How newly industrializing countries have transformed themselves from technologically backward, poor to relatively modern, affluent economies over past thirty years;  technological progress at both macro, micro levels; how firms have dynamically accumulated technological capabilities at micro level, how public policies have shaped process of technological progress at national level, what problems some of these countries face today at both levels.

William Kingston and Kevin Scally (2006). Patents and the Measurement of International Competitiveness: New Data on the Use of Patents by Universities, Small Firms, and Individual Inventors. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 203 p.). School of Business Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Technological innovations; Competition, International; Patents. Use of patents to compare countries’ technological competitiveness. Believed to be first ever measurement of patentable output of universities, research institutes worldwide; first fully international comparisons.

Eds. Melvin Kranzberg [and] Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. (1967). Technology in Western Civilization. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2 vols.). Technology--History; Technology and civilization. Contents: v. 1. The emergence of modern industrial society, earliest times to 1900.--v. 2. Technology in the twentieth century.

Eds. Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Kenneth L. Sokoloff; foreword by William Janeway (2007). Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to the Present. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 428 p.). Professor in the Departments of Economics and History (UCLA); Professor of Economics (UCLA). High technology industries--United States--Finance--History; Technological innovations--United States--Finance--History. How inventors, technologically creative entrepreneurs have raised funds for their projects at different stages of U.S. economic development.

David S. Landes (1969). The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present. (London, UK: Cambridge University Press, 566 p.). Industries--Europe--History; Europe--Economic conditions. 

Ed. Jonathan Liebenau (1988). The Challenge of New Technology: Innovation in British Business Since 1850. (Brookfield, VT: Gower, 155 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Great Britain; Industries--Great Britain.

Albert N. Link, Donald Siegel (2007). Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 256 p.). Professor or Economics (University of North Carolina at Greensboro); Professor of Entrepreneurship at A, Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management (University of California at Riverside). Innovation--history; Entrepreneurship; Technological innovations. Analysis, synthesis of key economic, management approaches to innovation, entrepreneurship, technological change.

Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw, Clifford T. Bekar (2005). Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long-Term Economic Growth. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 595 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects--History; Industrial revolution; Economic development--History. Technology is at the heart of modern economic growth; sources of Western success.

Annteresa Lubrano (1997). The Telegraph: How Technology Innovation Caused Social Change. (New York, NY: Garland Pub., 182 p.). Telegraph--History; Telecommunication--Technological innovations; Technological innovations--Social aspects; Information technology--Social aspects.

Christine MacLeod (1988). Inventing the Industrial Revolution: The English Patent System, 1660-1800. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 302 p.). Patents--Great Britain--History--17th century; Patents--Great Britain--History--18th century. Development of English patent system, its relationship with technical change between 1660 and 1800.

Alan I. Marcus, Howard P. Segal (1999). Technology in America: A Brief History. (Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 400 p. [2nd ed.]). Technology--United States--History.

Constantinos C. Markides, Paul A. Geroski 2005). Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation To Enter and Dominate New Markets.  (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 200 p.). Robert P. Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership (London Business School); Former Professor of Economics (London Business School). New Products --Management; Technological innovations -- Economic aspects. Greater profit by being "fast second" vs. pioneer in a market.

Ben Marsden and Crosbie Smith (2005). Engineering Empires: A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 351 p.). Lecturer in Cultural History (University of Aberdeen); Reader in History and Cultural Studies (University of Kent at Canterbury). Technology--Social aspects--Great Britain. 1760 to1914 - major issues in cultural history of science and technology in Britain and the British Empire.

Leo Marx (1964). The Machine in the Garden; Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 392 p.). Nature--Social aspects--United States; Technology--Social aspects--United States; United States--Civilization.

Heidi Mason , Tim Rohner (2002). The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, p.). Venture capital; Technological innovations--Finance.

Ed. Judith A. McGaw (1994). Early American Technology: Making and Doing Things from the Colonial Era to 1850. (Chapel Hill, NC: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the UNC Press, 482 p.). Technology--United States--History--18th century; Technology--United States--History--19th century. Technology's centrality to history of early America; environmental aspects of technological change, gendered nature of technical knowledge.

Espen Moe (2007). Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750-2000. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 308 p.). Political Scientist (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Industrial policy--History; Technology and state--History. Technology in wealth creation since 1750; three key factors explain: 1) human capital, 2) government's ability to resist catering to vested interests, 3) "political consensus and social cohesion."

Joel Mokyr (1990). The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 349 p.). Professor of Economics and History (Northwestern). Technological innovations--Economic aspects--History; Economic development--History. Account of medieval inventions.

--- (2002). Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,       p.). Professor of Economics and History (Northwestern). Technological innovations--Economic aspects--History; Economic development--History. 

Geoffrey A. Moore (2005). Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 288 p.). Organizational change; Competition; Creative ability in business; Technological innovations--Management; Industrial management. How established companies must adapt, or perform marginally. 

David C. Mowery, Nathan Rosenberg (1998). Paths of Innovation: Technological Change in 20th Century America. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 214 p.). Technology--United States--History--20th century; Internal combustion engines--United States--History--20th century; Electric engineering--United States--History--20th century; Chemical engineering--United States--History--20th century.

Eds. David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson (1999). Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 401 p.). Technological innovations --Management; Industries --Technological innovations --Case studies; Comparative advantage (International trade). How seven major high-tech industries evolved in USA, Japan, Western Europe; key factors that supported emergence of national leadership in each industry, reasons behind shifts when they occurred.

Robert K. Mueller (1971). The Innovation Ethic. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 226 p.). Technological Innovations, Industrial Management.

David Kord Murray (2009). Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others. (New York, NY: Gotham, 304 p.). Former Head of Innovation at Intuit. Creative ability in business; Creative thinking; Diffusion of innovations. Borrowing - key to the creative process; evolution of a creative idea; six step "borrowing" process to build business innovation.

Joseph Needham (1954-2004). Science and Civilisation in China. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 7 vols.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham (1952-1962). Science and Civilisation in China Volumes 2, 3, and 4 (Part I - Physics), Sections 8 - 26 (History of Scientific Thought (Volume 2), Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth (Volume 3), and Physics and Physical Technology Part I : Physics (Volume 4). (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham (1954). Science and Civilisation in China: Introductory Orientations. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham (1975). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 352 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Examination of structure of Chinese language; geography of China, long history of its people, scientific contacts which have occurred throughout centuries, between Europe and East Asia.

Joseph Needham (1991). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2, History of Scientific Thought. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 722 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Confucian milieu in which arose organic naturalism of great Taoist school, scientific philosophy of Mohists and Logicians, quantitative materialism of Legalists.

Joseph Needham (1959). Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 926 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. 

Joseph Needham (1962). Science & Civilisation in China Volume IV, Physics and and Physical Technology, Part I, Physics. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press,   p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham (1965). Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. IV: II: Mechanical Engineering. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham, Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin (1985). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part 1, Paper and Printing. (New York, NY: Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 504 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham (1976). Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 5 Part 3. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 516 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Alchemy, early chemistry, chemical technology (military invention, especially gunpowder; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; salt industry; ceramics).

Joseph Needham and Dieter Kuhn (1988). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part 9, Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 556 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Evolution of bast fibre spinning and silk-reeling in the history of China.

Donald B. Wagner (2007). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 11, Ferrous Metallurgy. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 544 p.). Senior Research Fellow (University of Copenhagen). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Historical political, economic context of production, use of iron and steel in China.

Rose Kerr, Nigel Wood (2004). Science and Civilisation in China Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 12, Ceramic Technology. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 968 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. History of Chinese ceramic technology, from the late Stone Age to the twenty-first century AD.

Peter J. Golas (2000). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 13, Mining. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 564 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Subjects of chemistry and chemical technology. First history of Chinese mining in Western language (from Neolithic period to present day, from copper to mercury, arsenic to coal).

Espen Moe (2007). Governance, Growth and Global Leadership: The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750-2000. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 308 p.). Industrial policy--History; Technology and state--History.

Joseph Needham, Lu Gwei-Djen, Huang Hsing-Tsung (1986). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 1, Botany. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 756 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham and Francesca Bray (1984). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 2, Agriculture. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 768 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Most comprehensive study of Chinese agriculture published in West.

H. T. Huang (2001). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 5, Fermentations and Food Science. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 700 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. First history of Chinese food technology in Western language.

Joseph Needham (2000). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 6, Medicine. (New York, NY: New York, NY, 256 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Joseph Needham, Christoph Harbsmeier (1998). Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, The Social Background; Part 1, Language and Logic in Traditional China. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 504 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization. Only culture in world that has developed systematic logical definitions, reflections on its own, on basis of non-Indo-European language.

Joseph Needham (2004). Science and Civilisation in China Volume 7: The Social Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 336 p.). Science--China--History; Technology--China--History; Science and civilization; China--Civilization.

Richard R. Nelson (1996). The Sources of Economic Growth. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 328 p.). George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Emeritus (Columbia University). Economic development; Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Social institutions. Technological advance is the key driving force behind economic growth; exposes the intimate connections among government policies, science-based universities, growth of technology.

--- (2005). Technology, Institutions, and Economic Growth. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 312 p.). George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Emeritus (Columbia University). Economic development; Technology--Economic aspects; Institutional economics. Alternative theory (to standard neo-classical theory) to explain phenomenon of economic growth; involves co-evolution of technologies, institutions, and industry structure.

Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi (1995). The Knowledge-Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 284 p.). Communication in organizations--Japan; Industrial management--Japan.

Peter Nowak (2010). Sex, Bombs and Burgers: How War, Pornography, and Fast Food Have Shaped Modern Technology. (Toronto, ON: Viking Canada, 364 p.). Senior Science Writer and Technology Expert (CBC News Online). Technological innovations--Social aspects; Technology--Social aspects; Technology--History. How much of modern life can be directly traced to one of three dubious aspects of human activity: war, porn, fast food; where we would be, technologically speaking, without our basest desires.

David E. Nye (1994). American Technological Sublime. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 362 p.). Professor of American Studies (Odense University, Denmark). Technology--Social aspects--United States; Technology--United States--History--19th century; Technology--United States--History--20th century; Sublime, The.

--- (2003). America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 371 p.). Professor of American Studies (Odense University, Denmark). Frontier and pioneer life--United States; Frontier and pioneer life--United States--Historiography; Technology--Social aspects--United States--History; Technology--Social aspects--United States--Historiography; Land settlement--United States--History; Land settlement--United States--Historiography; National characteristics, American; United States--Discovery and exploration; United States--Colonization; United States--Historical geography.

Ingyu Oh ... [et al.] (2005). Mad Technology: How East Asian Companies Are Defending Their Technological Advantages. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 209 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects--East Asia; Technological innovations--East Asia--Management; Information technology--Moral and ethical aspects--East Asia; Business intelligence--Moral and ethical aspects--East Asia.

Phil Patton (1992). Made in U.S.A.: The Secret Histories of the Things That Made America. (New York, NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 403 p.). Technology--United States--History; Industrial arts--United States--History.

Tom Peters (1997). The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness. (New York, NY: Knopf, 518 p.). Creative ability in business; Organizational change--Management.

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. (1988). In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies. (New York, NY: Warner, 360 p. [orig. pub. 1982]). Management Consultants (McKinsey & Co.). Industrial management--United States.

Gary P. Pisano (1997). The Development Factory: Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 343 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Pharmaceutical industry--Technological innovations--Case studies; Chemical industry--Technological innovations--Case studies; Biotechnology industries--Technological innovations--Case studies; New products; Manufacturing processes; Economic development; Competition, International.

Ed. Carroll W. Pursell (1990). Technology in America: A History of Individuals and Ideas. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 331 p. [2nd ed.]). Adeline Barry Davee Professor and Director of the Program in the History of Technology and Science (Case Western Reserve University). Technology--United States--History--Addresses, essays, lectures.

-- (1995). The Machine in America: A Social History of Technology. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 358 p.). Adeline Barry Davee Professor and Director of the Program in the History of Technology and Science (Case Western Reserve University). Technology--Social aspects--United States--History; Industrial revolution--United States.

James Brian Quinn, Jordan J. Baruch, Karen Anne Zien (1997). Innovation Explosion: Using Intellect and Software To Revolutionize Growth Strategies. (New York, NY: Free Press, 432 p.). Creative ability in business; Professional corporations--Management; Expert systems (Computer science); Software engineering.

Cynthia Barton Rabe (2006). The Innovation Killer: How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine: And What Smart Companies Are Doing About It. (New York, NY: Amacom, 219 p.). Former Innovation Strategist for Intel Corporation. Creative ability in business; Creative thinking; Problem solving; Organizational effectiveness. Use of outsiders to stimulate innovation; share three characteristics: 1) related expertise, 2) renaissance tendencies, 3) psychological distance.

Alan G. Robinson & Sam Stern (1997). Corporate Creativity: How Innovation and Improvement Actually Happen. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 277 p.). University of Massachusetts; Oregon State University. Creative ability in business; Technological innovations--Management; Organizational learning. 

Michael Ray, Rochelle Myers (1989). Creativity in Business. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 222 p.). Creative ability in business.

Everett M. Rogers (2003). Diffusion of Innovations. (New York, NY: Free Press, 512 p. [5th ed.]). Diffusion of innovations; Diffusion of innovations--Study and teaching--History. 

Nathan Rosenberg (1972). Technology and American Economic Growth. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 211 p.). Technological innovations--United States--History.

--- (1982). Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 304 p.). Technological innovations; Technology--Social aspects; Economic development. How specific features of individual technologies have shaped: rate of productivity improvement, nature of learning processes underlying technological change, speed of technology transfer, effectiveness of government policies intended to influence technologies.

Vernon A. Ruttan (2006). Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?: Military Procurement and Technology Development. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 232 p.). Regents Professor Emeritus in the Department of Applied Economics and Adjunct Professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (University of Minnesota). Technological innovations--Economic aspects; High technology--Military aspects; Economic development; Defense industries--Economic aspects--United States; Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States; High technology industries--United States. Does military research and development create a higher public standard of living?  

Witold Rybczynski (1983). Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology. (New York, NY: Viking, 247 p.). Technology. History of technological change and man's response to it.

Witold Rybczynski (1983). Taming the Tiger: The Struggle to Control Technology. (New York, NY: Viking, 247 p.). Technology. History of technological change and man's response to it.

Gilles Saint-Paul (2008). Innovation and Inequality: How Does Technical Progress Affect Workers? (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 208 p.). Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics, Birkbeck College (University of London). Innovation--history; Income--distribution. Last three decades - wage inequality has risen, substantial portion of workforce worse off despite continuing productivity growth enjoyed by market economy; most important mechanisms by which technical progress, innovation affect distribution of income; how different categories of workers gain or lose from innovation, how gain or loss crucially depends on nature of innovation.

F. M. Scherer (1984). Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 297 p.). Schumpeter, Joseph Alois, 1883-1950; Technological innovations.

Glenn E. Schweitzer (2000). Swords into Market Shares: Technology, Economics, and Security in the New Russia. (Washington, DC: John Henry Press, 307 p.). Director of the Office for Central Europe and Eurasia at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Russia (Federation); Capitalism--Russia (Federation); Technology and state--Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991- ; Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-.   

Bob Seidensticker (2005). Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 240 p.). Former Microsoft Project Manager. Technology assessment; Technology--Social aspects; Nine major myths of technology; inaccuracies and misinterpretations that characterize popular view of technology.

Aaron J. Shenhar and Dov Dvir (2007). Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 276 p.). Institute Professor of Management (Howe School of Technology Management); Head of the Management Department (Ben Gurion University). Project management. Planning, managing projects to achieve superior business results (study of more than 600 projects in variety of businesses, organizations across globe).

Peter Sims (2011). Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. (New York, NY: Free Press, 224 p.). Formerly with Summit Partners. Success in business; Creative ability. How to break away from narrow strictures of methods of analyzing, problem solving taught in school; unleash untapped creative powers - with methodical low-risk action to discover, develop, test an idea (series of little bets about what might be good direction, learning from lots of little failures, from small but highly significant wins to happen upon unexpected avenues, arrive at extraordinary outcomes); productive, creative thinkers and doers practice key set of simple, ingenious experimental methods that free their minds, opening them up to making unexpected connections, perceiving invaluable insights (tap into genius of play, engage in highly immersed observation); unshackle from: constraints of overly analytical thinking, linear problem solving, fear of failure.

Eds. Singer et al, Charles (1954-1984). A History of Technology. (Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 8 vols.). Technology--History; Civilization--History. Contents: v. 1. From early times to fall of ancient empires.--v. 2. The Mediterranean civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. 1500 A.D.--v. 3. From the Renaissance to the industrial revolution, c. 1500-c. 1750.--v. 4. The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850.--v. 5. The late nineteenth century, c. 1850 to c. 1900.--v. 6-7. The twentieth century, c. 1900 to c. 1950.--v. 8. Consolidated indexes / compiled by Richard Raper.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1954). A History of Technology [Volumes 1 - 5]: From Early Times....Late Nineteenth Century 1850-1900. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 5 vols.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1954). A History of Technology: Volume 1: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 892 p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Ed. Charles Singer (1957). A History of Technology: Volume 2:The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages-- c.700 B.C. to A.D. 1500. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 862 p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1957). A History of Technology: Volume 3: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, c.1500-1750. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 804 p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1958). A History of Technology, Vol. IV The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,    p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1958). A History of Technology Vol. 5 the Late Nineteenth Century C. 1850-C.1900. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,    p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1979). A History of Technology: Twentieth Century, C.1900-c.1950 Vol 6. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 860 p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1978). A History of Technology : Volume 7: the Twentieth Century C.1900 to C.1950. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,    p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Eds. Charles Singer et al (1984). A History of Technology, Volume 8: Consolidated Indexes. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 244 p.). Technology--History; Civilization--History.

Giles Slade (2006). Made To Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 336 p.). Technological innovations--United States. Disposability as consumer convenience,  necessary condition for rejection of tradition,  acceptance of change and impermanence.

Vaclav Smil (2004). Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 350 p.). Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba. Technological innovations--History--19th century; Technological innovations--History--20th century. Creation of high-energy societies engaged in mass production aimed at improving standards of living.

--- (2006). Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 368 p.). Distinguished Professor (University of Manitoba). Technological innovations--History--20th century. Developments elevated magnitudes of output, spatial distribution of mass industrial production (electricity, engines, materials,  syntheses, information techniques). 

Debora L. Spar (2001). Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet. (New York, NY: Harcourt, 403.). Professor (Harvard Business School). Technological innovations--Social aspects; Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Information technology--Social aspects; Information technology--Economic aspects; Internet--Social aspects; Internet--Economic aspects; Technology and state. Where you are in business cycle - via historical perspective, keen analysis; Jean Lafitte's domination of seas, Rupert Murdoch's domination of British airwaves with BskyB have much in common; tales of telegraph, radio help understand natural evolution of Microsoft; quirky pioneers, their roller-coaster rides - path of future innovations, natural development from idea to market in changing world.

Mark Stefik and Barbara Stefik (2004). Breakthrough!: Stories and Strategies of Radical Innovation. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 294 p.). Research Fellow at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC); Private Practice in Transpersonal Psychology. Technological innovations; Inventions. 

Eds. Benn Steil, David G. Victor, Richard R. Nelson (2002). Technological Innovation and Economic Performance. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 476 p.). André Meyer Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations; Robert W. Johnson, Jr., Senior Fellow and Director of the Science and Technology program at the Council on Foreign Relations; George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business and Law (Columbia University). Technological innovations --Economic aspects --Case studies; Industrial productivity --Case studies. Causes of technological innovation, relationship to economic performance; one of most important compendia in applied economics published in recent times.

Robert J. Thomas (1994). What Machines Can’t Do: Politics and Technology in the Industrial Enterprise. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 314 p.). Professor of Organizational Studies (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Technological innovations--Management; Organizational change; Manufacturing industries--Technological innovations--United States--Case studies; Manufacturing resource planning--United States--Case studies; Organizational change--United States--Case studies; Appropriate technology--United States--Case studies. 

Ross Thomson (2009). Structures of Change in the Mechanical Age: Technological Innovation in the United States, 1790--1865. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 p.). Associate Professor of Economics (University of Vermont). Technological innovations --United States --History --18th century; Technological innovations --United States --History --19th century. Technological innovations that propelled antebellum growth; transition from agrarian economy in 1790 to industrial leader in 1865; infrastructure (web) of knowledge-diffusing institutions spread technological knowledge within, across industries; individual inventions made new inventions possible.

Andrew H. Van de Ven ... [et al.] (1999). The Innovation Journey. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 422 p.). Technological innovations--Management; Industrial management.

Roberto Verganti (2009). Design-Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 272 p.). Professor of Management of Innovation (Politecnico di Milano). Technological innovations; Industrial management. Design-driven innovations create new markets, push new meanings, take vision to customers (Nintendo's Wii, Apple's iPod); must look beyond customers, users to 'interpreters' (experts who deeply understand,  shape markets they work in).

Fred Warshofsky (1994). The Patent Wars: The Battle To Own the World's Technology. (New York, NY: Wiley, 298 p.). Patent laws and legislation--United States; Patents--United States--History.

Michael White (2005). The Fruits of War: How Military Conflict Accelerates Technology. (London, UK: Simon & Schuster Ltd., 384 p.). Technological innovations--Economic aspects; High technology--Military aspects. Best of humanity often flows from its worst; history of innovation - almost all major technological developments  traced to times of war. 

Shira P. White, G. Patton Wright (2002). New Ideas About New Ideas: Adventures in Creativity with the World's Leading Innovators. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Pub., 336 p.). Creative ability in business; Technological innovations; Organizational change; Businesspeople--Interviews; Creative ability in business--United States; Technological innovations--United States; Organizational change--United States; Businesspeople--United States--Interviews.

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Deutsches TechnikMuseum (German Museum of Technology)
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Founded in 1982 on the 1874 site of the former goods yard of Anhalter Güterbahnhof. The interactive museum presents cultural history of technology, a broad spectrum of old and new technology, and demonstrates the various historical connections to culture and everyday life. It actively shapes the political and scientific debate on the role of technology and science in modern societies by also organising lectures, symposia and congresses.

Fogler Library - Patent and Trademark Depository Library                                                                http://www.library.umaine.edu/patents/default.htm                                                    

Public service of Fogler Library (University of Maine) in partnership with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

The Global Technology Revolution 2020 [pdf]                                                                               http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR303.pdf                             

Report by team of RAND experts addresses the ongoing technology revolution in a variety of sectors, including biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology; assess a sample of 29 countries across the spectrum of scientific advancement with respect to their ability to implement a number of key technology applications, including cheap solar energy and wireless communications. Along with the work’s four primary chapters, visitors can also make use of the eleven appendices, which include explorations of related themes, such as technology and terrorism and leading trends in information technology.

History of the United States Patent Office

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Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation                                                   http://americanhistory.si.edu/events/ programdetail.cfm?newskey=44                                

Founded in 1995 through generous gifts from Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson and The Lemelson Foundation. Lemelson Center follows three key avenues of exploration into invention and innovation: finding new ways to record the past by preserving and increasing access to records and artifacts; broadening our understanding of history through research, discussion, and dissemination of ideas; and looking toward the future by developing programs aimed at encouraging young people to invent.

Online Patent and Trademark Resources                                                                                                                 http://www.ptdla.org/resources/assistance.html                                                      

The objectives of the PTDLA are to discover the interests, needs, opinions, and goals of the Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs), and to advise the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in these matters for the benefit of PTDLs and their users, and to assist the PTO in planning and implementing appropriate services.

Patent Room                                                                                                        http://www.patentroom.com/                                                                          

The US Patent and Trademark Office has been in existence since 1790, when it granted the first patent to one Samuel Hopkins of Philadelphia for "making pot and pearl ashes", which was a cleaning formula used in soapmaking. Over the past 215 years, millions of patents have been issued, and this creative site provides the original images from some of the original patent applications. Intended as a showplace for interesting examples of industrial design, the site brings together patents from the 1920s to the 1950s. The patents can be browsed by type as well, including architectural renderings, illustrations of proposed cars, toys, and numerous others. It is quite interesting to wander through this site and imagine what Jerome Watt might have been thinking in 1932 when he patented a building design that looks suspiciously like some type of irate porcine Pilgrim. Finally, visitors may also leave comments on each patent, if they are so inclined.

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The Tech Museum of Innovation                                                                                               http://www.thetech.org/                                                                                             

The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California is a hands-on technology museum devoted to inspiring the innovator in everyone.

U. S. Trademark History Timeline                                                                                                                           http://www.lib.utexas.edu/engin/trademark/timeline/tmindex.htm                          

Richard W. McKinney Engineering Library (University of Texas at Austin).

World Intellectual Property Organization                                                                                                           http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en                                                                    

As with many forms of international governance, it is difficult to understand the complex lattice-like structure that protects intellectual property across the globe. Headquartered in Geneva, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is responsible for administering 23 international treaties that deal with various aspects of intellectual property protection. For those who may be less familiar with the nuances of this complex field, the "About"  area is a good place to start. Here users can learn about the nature of trademarks, industrial designs, and emerging issues in intellectual property. After consulting this part of the site, users may wish to continue on to the "News & Information Resources" area, which contains access to the WIPO Magazine, the Intellectual Property Digital Library, and information about upcoming events and conferences. Finally, the site also contains specific information about the various treaties that protect the rights of intellectual property across international borders.