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International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

 

Special Issue on: “Future Research Directions in Industrial Engineering Discipline”

Guest Editors: Professor Ali K. Kamrani, Professor Hamid R. Parsaei and Arab Naser, University of Houston, USA

Globalisation of economy and the outsourcing of manufacturing and information technology have created significant changes in national job markets and particularly in education and training of the next generation of the US workforce. In recent years, the higher cost of energy coupled with the increase in the cost of labour, healthcare and legal fees have presented new challenges for American manufacturers in global markets. Failure to achieve high competitiveness will result in the loss of high-paying jobs across the economy.

The aim of this special issue is to identify the future research issues for the industrial engineering discipline in light of these global challenges.

Subject Coverage
Topics include but are not limited to:

• Bio/nanotechnology
• Bioengineering
• E-commerce
• Information systems
• Software engineering
• Rapid manufacturing
• Logistics and supply chain management
• Healthcare delivery and management
• Any other related topics and issues

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 15 December 2006

Notification to authors: 15 March 2007

Final versions due by: 15 July 2007