The Technology Leaders : How America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management series

Management consultant Peter S. Cohan's The Technology Leaders presents a revealing look at the way 20 of today's top high-tech companies are building profits through ingenuity and invention. The unifying thread among winning firms in such rapidly changing fields as biotechnology, computer hardware, and environmental services, Cohan argues, is their ability to consistently introduce visionary new products that grab market share, generate additional capital, and then allow the cycle to start anew. After showing how companies like Amgen, U.S. Robotics and Thermo Electron are doing it, he offers an "Innovation Scorecard" for self-assessment and developing a plan for change.