Investing in new materials: A tool for technology managers

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Maine, Elicia ^a   Probert, David ^b   Ashby, Mike ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercialisation of new materials; Market assessment; Materials innovation; Methodologies for SMEs; Seed capital investment; Value capture; Viability analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMERCIALIZATION OF NEW MATERIALS; INVESTMENT METHODOLOGY FOR MATERIALS (IMM); MATERIALS INNOVATION; SEED CAPITAL INVESTMENT; VALUE CAPTURE; VIABILITY ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 9944256442     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00070-1     Document Type: Article

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