Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications

In the last few years, most parts of the world have morphed into an electronically interdependent economic unit where a disruption in one marketplace affects the others. New technologies have emerged, transforming the ways we do business and, consequently, redesigning the world. Innovation in disruptive technologies pushes new and more agile firms to set new benchmarks and forces established companies to revisit existing models or re-invent themselves to stay competitive. Disruptive Technologies, Innovation and Global Redesign: Emerging Implications provides case studies as well as practical and theoretical papers on the issues surrounding disruptive technologies, innovation, global redesign. This book will be a useful reference for academics, students, policymakers and professionals in the fields of emerging and disruptive technologies, innovation, economic planning, technology and society, technology transfer, and general technology management.

About the Author :
Ndubuisi Ekekwe , a regular blogger at Harvard Business Review, holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees, including a PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and MBA from University of Calabar, Nigeria. During this MBA and Doctor of Management program, he specialized on Technology Management and Competitiveness. He founded First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics Ltd, African Institution of Technology, and Ultinet Systems. Dr. Ekekwe edited Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economics and Policy which received IGI Global 2010 “Book of The Year” Award. He is also an author of two books on electrochemistry and microelectronics. An Adjunct Professor of Engineering with Babcock University, Nigeria, he is a player in the U.S. semiconductor industry where he develops innovative microchips; he invented a microcontroller for medical robots. A recipient of 17 fellowships/scholarships, he graduated top of his class with BEng in electrical and electronics engineering (Aug. 1998) from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. He last held the title of Banking Executive with Diamond Bank Lagos and served in the United States National Science Foundation ERC/CISST E&D committee for four years. Prof Ekekwe has been invited as a speaker in Wharton Business School, Harvard Business School, Brown University, among others. He currently advises five African governments on technology and entrepreneurship. Nazrul Islam is a Lecturer in Innovation and Operations Management at the School of Management and Business, Aberystwyth University and a Visiting Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School, London, UK. He has previously been appointed and taught in Cardiff University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of Dhaka. He received his Doctorate in the area of Innovation Management focusing Nanotechnology. Dr. Islam teaches Research Methods, Innovation and Operations Management to MBA and Undergraduate students. His areas of research interest include the management of emerging and disruptive technology innovations (e.g. nanotechnology, consumer electronics, and hydrogen production technologies), systems of innovation, technology forecasting and roadmapping, assessment of technology readiness. Dr. Islam serves as a peer-reviewer to the UK research council (EPSRC) and for many international journals. He has authored over 30 refereed journals and conference papers including several books on the topic and his works have been published in Technovation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Science and Public Policy . Dr. Islam’s publications have received academic awards including the ‘Pratt & Whitney Canada Best Paper Award’ in Innovation Management. In recognition of his academic excellence, he featured in Marquis Who’s Who in the World (26th Ed. 2009) and has won the ‘Channel S Award 2010’ from London in the category of Achievement in Education, Research and Teaching in the UK. Dr. Islam has frequently delivered keynote speech, given invited talks, and presented papers in international conferences worldwide. He is an associate member of Institute of Nanotechnology, a member of International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT) and a member of International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).