The Answer is Blowing in the Wind of Creative Destruction: Reflections on the Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation Research

This is the introductory note to a special issue on the management of technology and innovation. It is not an exhaustive review of the vast literature to date, as this would be a difficult undertaking in itself, well beyond the scope of this introductory note. Instead, I limit myself here to highlighting some of the theoretical foundations on which our community has been built, drawing the attention to a couple of reasons behind its success (not only in numbers but also in terms of impact on academia and business practice), and pointing out examples of prominent work done by our members and the exciting new research that is taking place today and will continue to propel this field in the coming years.