In completing this volume, I have been benefitted by discussions with my colleagues within and outside EGADE Business School. I am thankful to Dr. Ernesto Amoros, Professor and Associate National Director of Doctoral Program at EGADE Business School, Mexico, who has given me the opportunity to deliver courses on qualitative research in the doctoral program. I thank all my students of graduate and doctoral programs at EGADE Business School for sharing enriching ideas on the subject during classroom discussions, which helped in building this book on the framework of innovative ideas. This book is an outgrowth of my teaching new concepts in qualitative research to doctoral research scholars and working managers in the MBA program.
I also acknowledge the outstanding support of Robin J. Zwettler, Executive Editor of Business Expert Press, who critically examined the proposal, guided the manuscript preparation, and took the publication process forward. My special thanks to Dr. Naresh Malhotra, Regents Professor Emeritus at Scheller College of Business, Georgia Tec University, and series editor on consumer behavior at Business Expert Press, for his guidance and encouragement in bringing out this volume. I am thankful to various anonymous referees of my previous research works on innovation and technology management that helped me in looking deeper into the conceptual gaps and improving the quality with their valuable comments.
Finally, I express my deep gratitude to my beloved wife Arati Rajagopal, who has been instrumental in completing this book like all other works of mine. I acknowledge her help in copyediting the first draft of the manuscript, and for staying in touch till the final proofs were cross-checked and index was developed.