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International Journal of Technology Management

 

Special Issue on: "Approaching Dual Use Technology Development Policy and Strategies"

Guest Editor: Professor Junmo Kim, Konkuk University, Korea

While discussions on dual use technology have been in existence for several decades, approaching dual use technology development and policies is still an important agenda within the scope of the technology policy field. One specific chacracteristic to be highlighted, compared to the past, is that there is now an increased consensus on the necessity for the dual use based technology development.

It is expected that, with the special issue, a forum for discussing the relevance and importance of dual use technology policy will be created, leading to the application of ideas and research findings in the public and business policy fields.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

• Major trends in dual use development and policies related to it
• Future directions for dual use technology development
• Individual country cases or international comparison cases of dual use technology development
• Historical analysis of dual use technology development
• Long-term quantitative analysis to glean out implications for dual use policies

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

Full paper due: 30 May 2008

Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2008

Final version of paper due: 30 September 2008