CTIM2 publishes articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings and reports and is heavily engaged in supervising and supporting the production of Ph.D. theses of the doctoral students who are members of the group. The present book consists of manuscripts not published before. One book in the series has previously been published: S.Å Hörte (2006), CPDR on Innovation and Product Development, Halmstad University, Sweden (ISBN: 91‐975075‐0‐4).