Title :
Commercialization of military technologies in Israel
Author :
Dvir, Dov ; Hauptman, Aharon ; Sharan, Yair ; Shenhar, Aharon ; Sokolov, Mordechai ; Tishler, Asher
Author_Institution :
Interdisciplinary Center for Technol. Anal. & Forcasting, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
Abstract :
The goal of this study was “to formulate guidelines for improving success prospects of converting the technological capability of the Israeli defense industry for use in the commercial marketplace”. A companies´ culture and management attitude have been identified as the main obstacles to such conversion. Based on a survey of conversion activities in the US and on field studies in Israel, several key conditions for a successful conversion have been identified
Keywords :
military systems; research and development management; Israel; R&D; commercial marketplace; commercialization; company culture; conversion activities; defense industry; management attitude; military technologies; technological capability; Arm; Business; Commercialization; Companies; Defense industry; Economic forecasting; Guidelines; Peace technology; Technology forecasting; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653717
