Elsevier | Science and Technology Books introduces Industrial Process Scale-up: A Practical Innovation Guide from Idea to Commercial Implementation by Jan Harmsen. This book will help industrial process innovators in research, development and commercial start-up to assess the risks of commercial-scale implementation and provide them with practical guidelines and methods to reduce the risks to acceptable levels. It explains each stage of the innovation funnel: research, development, demonstration and commercial implementation for any process type and branch. The book has a very clear, attractive layout, using text boxes that contain clarifying notes and additional information on specific topics, making it a quick reference of main subjects and additional information. Based on industrial experiences and practices, the book can also be used in co-operation with industrial R&D professionals and academic researchers to shape open innovation programs, and in education as a reference book for process innovation courses. http://www.SciTechConnect.Elsevier.com