1. Fundamentals of Technological Innovation in Organizations
A Book of Knowledge prepared by Nawaz Sharif
Part One — Rationale for and Overview of this Technological Innovation Discourse
01-01 Land Phone to Smart Phones: An Example of Stunning Technological Innovations Upsurge
01-02 Historically, Technological Innovations and Human Lifestyles Betterment Have Co-Evolved
01-03 Nowadays, Technology Innovation Is Leading Economic Growth by Giving Competitive Edge
01-04 Evolution of Information & Communication Technologies to Emergent Mobile Intelligence
01-05 Mobile-Intelligence-Technology-Media Constitute Core Interaction Platform for Innovation
01-06 Interdisciplinary Knowledge and Knowledge Fusion Producing Powerful New Technologies
01-07 Growing Application of Emerging Technologies for Remotely Executed Enterprise Function
01-08 Impact of Recent Technological Innovations on the Content and Place of Enterprise Work
01-09 Enabling and Underpinning Technological Innovations for Location of Enterprise Activities
01-10 Technological Innovation Course: Business Success through Competitive Advantage Focus
01-11 Clarification of Commonly Used Terminologies for Technological Innovation Management
Part Two — Significance and Importance of Technological Innovation in Organizations
02-01 Exponential Growth of World's Economic Prosperity Driven by Technological Innovations
02-02 Steady Increase of Intellectual Resource Dominance with Economic Restructuring Process
02-03 Evolution of Knowledge to Material Recourses Ratio for Human Needs Related Production
02-04 Digital Information and Communication Technologies Governing Creative New Industries
02-05 Emergent Knowledge Based Business Enterprises Contributing to Global Wealth Creation
02-06 Knowledge is the Resource Base for Innovation through Creativity and Collective Learning
02-07 Examples of Mobile Intelligence Tech Applications as Resource in Knowledge Economies
02-08 Technological Innovation Based Industrialization Pyramid: Mission of the New Economies
02-09 Production, Consumption and Trade Patterns of High-Tech Grounded Goods and Services
02-10 Accelerated Technological Innovation and Increased Globalization are Indeed Unstoppable
02-11 Technological Innovations Driven Realities and Realizations for Present World Enterprises
Part Three — Practice on Enterprises' Rationale for Seeking Technological Innovations
03-01 Conceptual Framework Development Provides a Foundation for Technological Innovation
03-02 Conceptual Framework Development and Technological Innovation Require Collaboration
03-03 Work Packages Are Specific Parts of Goods Producing and Services Providing Value Chains
03-04 Enterprises Leverage Innovation Capacities through Tech Transfer and Tech Development
03-05 Practice No.1 — Why Technological Innovation is Crucial for Prosperity of Your Enterprise?
Part Four — A Managerial Taxonomy of Technological System Elements in Enterprises
04-01 Competitive Market Environment Related Concepts by Michael Porter and John Dunning
04-02 Some of the Distinct Differences between Nature-Based and Intelligence-Based Resources
04-03 Unique Role of Technology-Capital in the Present World: Driver of Competitive Advantage
04-04 Some of the Professional Perceptions and Academic Definitions of the Term "Technology"
04-05 Managerial Perspective of Enterprise Technological Systems: Actionable and Measurable
04-06 Original 'THIO' Concepts of Technological System Components and Publication References
04-07 Sample of Globally Trading Company Names with Technological Components Terminology
04-08 Comprehensive Description of Technological System Components Utilized by Enterprises
04-09 Integrated Technological System Components Utilized by Enterprises for Various Functions
04-10 Recognizing "Specific" and "Multipurpose" Technological Systems Utilized by Enterprises
04-11 Ways and Means of Acquiring Intellectual (Technological) Capital: Buy and Make Options

2. Part Five — Practice on Technological System Components Utilized by Enterprises
05-01 Pictorial Presentation of Technological System Elements Used in Enterprise Work Packages
05-02 Understanding the Distinguishing Characteristics of the Technological System Components
05-03 Comprehending Implications of Technology Component Interactions and Dynamic Tradeoff
05-04 Technology Components Innovation Framework for Survival and Growth of Existing Firms
05-05 Practice No.2 — What Technologies are Used by a Firm for Primary /Supporting Functions?
Part Six — Integrating Resource Use and Capacity Building with Strategy Forming
06-01 Overview of Technology System Components Change Activities in Terms of Core Processes
06-02 Recognizing Technological Component Dominance and Technology Contribution Coefficient
06-03 Enterprises Achieve 'Higher Productivity' through both 'Efficiency' and 'Effectiveness' Drives
06-04 Precise Differences between Cost-Reduction Capabilities and Value-Addition Competencies
06-05 Complementarities of Technology Capacities for Cost and Value Optimization in Businesses
06-06 Customers' Sensitivity Differentiated Integration of Business and Technological Strategies
06-07 Technological Components-Capacities-Strategies Integration and Business Model Evolution
06-08 Strategic Innovation Maturity Pathway Meta-Model and Portfolio Management Landscape
06-09 Self-Reliance and Security Strategy for the Ubiquitous and Emerging Technology Industries
06-10 Harmonizing Enterprise Mission and Core Values for Successful Technological Innovations
06-11 Energizing Stakeholders to Promote an Enterprise Culture Movement for Tech-Innovation
Part Seven — Practice on Integrated Resource-Capacity-Strategy for Competition
07-01 Complementarities of Technological Capabilities and Competencies for Higher Productivity
07-02 Enterprise Supported Collaboration is a Corner-Stone for Successful Technology Innovation
07-03 A Partial List of the Methodological Package Jungle for Enterprise Resources Management
07-04 Summary of Technological Innovation Fundamentals for Competitive Business Enterprises
07-05 Practice No.3 — How does Your Enterprise use Technological Innovation for Competition?
Part Eight — Technological Innovation Processes and Involvement of R&D Agencies
08-01 Knowledge Commercialization Landscape: Monetization; Capitalization; and Productization
08-02 Scientific Knowledge from Data-Mining and Technology Knowledge from Concepts Fusion
08-03 Mobile Intelligence Tech Helps Economic Value Addition by Knowledge Commercialization
08-04 Technology Innovation Concepts Production through Tacit to Explicit Knowledge Exchange
08-05 Industries Focused 'Innovation Triangle' of R&D Factories and Incubators in the S&T Parks
08-06 New-Tech Business Incubators: Ground Zero of National Technological Innovation Systems
08-07 Research and Development Efforts by the Private Sector and National R&D Expenditures
08-08 Landscape of Innovation Hotspots: State of Technology Centric Incubators and "Innopolis"
08-09 Management by Project Approach for R&D Work in the Era of Rapid Technological Change
08-10 World-Class Design Engineering and Tool Building Facilities Are Bottlenecks for Innovation
08-11 Understanding Fail-Safe versus Safe-Fail Tech-Systems and Global Mindset on Technology
Part Nine — Practice on Technology Transfer and Technology Development Options
09-01 Valuation Function and General Process of Commercialization of Tech-Product Innovations
09-02 Intellectual Property Rights Protection Is Crucial for Continuous Technological Innovations
09-03 Tech Transfer and Tech Development Lifecycles with Intellectual Property Rights Interface
09-04 Relationships of R&D Efforts for Technological Innovations vis-à-vis Cost-Benefit Structures
09-05 Practice No.4 — What are the Ways your Firm Acquire (Buy/Make) Technology Innovation?
Part Ten — Implications of Gradual and Disruptive Technology Innovation Processes
10-01 Understanding the S-curve Features in the Context of Technological Innovation Processes
10-02 General Patterns of Technology Innovation Trajectories for a Specific Industrial Application

3. 10-03 Simple (Single-Level) and Complex (Multiple-Level) Technological Substitution Phenomena
10-04 Examples of Global Technological Wave Timeline and S-curve Electronics Innovation Wave
10-05 Innovation System Support for Established and New Technology-Inbuilt Product Industries
10-06 Sequence of Gradual and Disruptive Innovations for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
10-07 Sustaining Significant Efforts for Creativity, Innovation and Technological Factor Creation
10-08 Type of Entrepreneurship and Change Culture for Incremental and Disruptive Innovations
10-09 Evidence of Time-Lag Relationships among Technological, Business, and Economic Cycles
10-10 Technology Intensity of Industries and Other Critical Considerations for Target Selection
10-11 Overcoming the Fallacy of Insurmountable Odds for Innovation in Developing Countries
Part Eleven — Practice on Single and Multiple S-Curve Innovations in Enterprises
11-01 Diffusion and Substitution Processes of Technological Innovation in Manufacturing Firms
11-02 Gradual and Disruptive Innovation Options for Market Competition by Established Firms
11-03 General Roadmap and Documented Sequence of Incremental and Disruptive Innovations
11-04 Enterprise Level Technology Innovation Focus Is Conditioned by Culture and Commitment
11-05 Practice No.5 — Which Core Technologies of Your Firm have Single and Multiple S-curves?
Part Twelve — Prioritized and Balanced Decision Making for Technology Innovation
12-01 Firm Technology Innovation Related Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Fundamentals
12-02 Brief Overview of Real-World Problem-Solving and Pragmatic Decision-Making Landscape
12-03 Innovation Indicators and Measurements: What We Require Versus What We Do Measure
12-04 Technology Component Sophistication Measuring Audit and Diagram for Decision-Making
12-05 Prioritized Balancing of Technological Choice Criteria Function for Investment Assessment
12-06 Balanced Tech-Capital Development Criteria Dimensions and Project Assessment Factors
12-07 One Widely Used Analytic Hierarchy Derived Weighted Scoring Model for Decision-Making
12-08 Weighted Sum Scoring Model Application Using AHP Method for Weight Determination
12-09 Foresight Analysis and Scenarios Construction for Niche Identification and Specialization
12-10 Considerations for Assessing Current Status Gap in Technologies Utilized by an Enterprise
12-11 Mindset and Imperatives Representing Commitment for Tech Innovation Driven Prosperity
Part Thirteen — Practice on Technological Innovation Project Funding by Enterprises
13-01 Project Planning Considerations and Factors for Technology Innovation Decision Making
13-02 Complex Interaction and Sustained Collaboration Lead to Success of Technology Innovation
13-03 Both Risk and Reward Structures Influence Technological Innovation Efforts and Outcomes
13-04 Investment Project Assessment Work-Sheet for Technological Innovation Capacity Building
13-05 Practice No.6 — How would You Invest Own Resources for Technology Innovation Project?
Part Fourteen — Lessons Learned and Templates for Technological Innovation Actions
14-01 Case Lessons Representing Innovation Support System Limitations in Developing Countries
14-02 Case Lesson Showing the Failure of Leadership Follow-Through for Local Capacity Building
14-03 Case Lesson Depicting Realistic Predicaments for Products Requiring External Certification
14-04 Case Lesson Highlighting Difficulty Faced by Local Enterprises for Biased Position of Media
14-05 Case Lessons from Success Stories of Catching-Up and Leapfrogging by Certain Enterprises
14-06 Lessons Learned Regarding Specialization and Prioritization in Korean S&T and R&D Efforts
14-07 A Delphi Study Based Forecast about Future Technologies in the United States of America
14-08 Total Framework for Technology Innovation Concepts and Strategic Roadmap Formulation
14-09 Integrated Project 'Planning and Implementation' Template for Technological Innovations
14-10 Synopsis of Modern Enterprise Technology Innovation Fundamentals for Competitive Edge
14-11 The Way Forward for Bridging Global Prosperity Divide through Technological Innovations
14-12 Optimistic Conclusions: Collection of Some 'Food for Thought' for Technological Innovation