MACMILLAN Technology Financing and Commercialization: Exploring the Challenges and How Nations Can Build Innovative Capacity

This book offers insights on effective policies that can be applied to other economies in terms of using technology financing to foster technological innovations. It outlines the role of government in accelerating the nation's innovative capacity by promoting technology investments that will achieve successful and sustainable economic development. About the Author Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat is a member of the College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Thailand and Visiting Professor at Boston University, USA. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat holds a PhD in Technology Management from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK and has postdoctoral fellowships at Boston University and Harvard University, USA. She has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank N.A., Sussex Innovation Centre, Boston University Technology Commercialization Institute and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat has won many awards for her research contributions including Elsevier Scopus Young Scientist Award, the award designed by Elsevier, the World's leading research publisher of scientific information. Her research is used as study material for the course on Technological Innovation and Development Policy at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat is recognized by the International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology as one of the experts and leading scholars and practitioners in the field of Technology Management. Dr. Wonglimpiyarat also serves on the editorial boards of many international journals.