Journal of Technology Management & Innovation (JOTMI) is a quarterly online, international, peer-reviewed journal. The objectives of JOTMI are to develop, promote and coordinate the science and practice of Technology Management & Innovation. It also aims to help professionals that are working in fields as, engineering and business educators and policy-makers to contribute, to disseminate information and to learn from each other's work. In particular, the journal will focus on the managerial issues and challenges (and ways to address them) brought about by the protagonism of the global technological advancement. This international dimension is to accentuate in order to promote greater exchange between researchers of different cultural and national backgrounds, thus contributing and enriching our knowledge in the fields of Technology Management & Innovation, with particular emphasis in the transformation of knowledge and technologies into useful products and services in biotechnological industries, as a key driver of economic growth. JOTMI publishes original papers, review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries, and news. Special Issues devoted to important topics in technology management will occasionally be published.