This paper examines Soviet development projects in African countries and Cuba during the Cold War. We analyze types of projects led by Soviet specialists and engage into the question of how Soviets, both leadership and engineers, viewed their roles and impacts as well as challenges on African...

Purpose: The following article describes steps along with a mathematical model to determine the technological capability of the aerospace industry of Mexicali in the area of design (ICTD) and manufacturing (ICTM). Design/methodology/approach: This model was performed by weighted variables using...

In this paper the focus is on the strategy formulation processes, specifically supportive methods and structures, which address various managerial issues concerning discontinuous technologies and radical innovation in the early phase of strategic decision-making. In three in-depth case studies...

Biochip, the most exciting future technology is an outcome of the fields of Computer science, Electronics and Biology. It is a new type of bio-security device to accurately track information and who is actually doing it. Biochips promises to bring genomics. Biochips are fast, accurate,...

Innovation management allows companies to be more competitive and positioned at the forefront of products and services offered, thereby providing greater income and development in organizations. The main objective of this research is to identify factors that stimulate, intellectual capital and...

One of the most obvious features that characterises any technology is its in-betweeness—comprising technologies that stand in-between human users and natural affordances (natural objects, processes, or phenomena). This paper analyses technologies on the basis of their first- second- or...

This objective of this paper is to evaluate and examine the impact of technological platforms used as technology transfer tools on the financial and employment variables of SMEs. To do so, it considers the French Technological Research Institute (TRI) known as “Nanoelec”, which is an...