Technological and financial innovation has had a major influence on world markets in recent years. Investors, manufacturers and strategists now need access to a vast array of information in order to assess the optimum way of developing a product, or processing a transaction. The growth rate of otherwise successful and innovative companies is being restricted because they lack such information. This collection of essays from international experts aims to provide a survey of the current scene. Both the available technology and ways of financing its further development are assessed, and recent innovations in financial markets are examined.