DocumentCode
2424846
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
fYear
1997
fDate
27-31 Jul 1997
Firstpage
934
Lastpage
937
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653717
Filename
653717
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