A triology of books by Thomas Lager
Managing Product Innovation in the Process Industries, the new book in a trilogy of books by Thomas Lager addressing different aspects of Innovation Management in the “family” of process industries, which is generally considered to include petrochemicals and chemicals, food and beverages, mining and metals, minerals and materials, generic pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, steel, and utilities. The first book in this series, Managing Process Innovation, focused on technology planning and the development of cost-efficient sustainable production technology, while the second book, Contemporary Quality Function Deployment for Product and Process Innovation, introduced the QFD methodology as a primary instrument in a methodology toolbox adapted to process-industrial conditions.
This trilogy of books is unique in addressing the area of product and process innovation of non-assembled products in the process industries and thus provides a firm theoretical foundation and industrial best practices for successful corporate R&D management