Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management: Volume 11 Issue 4

Challenges and barriers in finding, forming and performing for network creation: A case study of collaboration network in medical equipment

Hashem Moazzez, Mohammad Torabi Khargh, Hadi Nilforoushan, Mohammad Sahebkar Khorasani

The purpose of this paper is as follows: studying a case for technological innovation in Iran; studying the process of network creation; studying different challenges in finding…

Justification of green manufacturing implementation parameters using fuzzy-based simulation model

Mahakdeep Singh, Kanwarpreet Singh, Amanpreet Singh Sethi

This paper aims to evaluate the contribution of significant factors in the success of green manufacturing (GM) implementation in Indian small and medium-scale manufacturing…

The sustainable management design of oxbow lake to determine the factors in lake management in Buluh Cina village, Indonesia

Adi Susilo

The purpose of this study at the level of sustainability of oxbow lake was intended to determine the status of sustainability, leverage attributes and driving factors in the…

Exploring development of smart city research through perspectives of governance and information systems: a scientometric analysis using CiteSpace

Shuling Zhou, Xi Zhang, Juan Liu, Kaihua Zhang, Yuqing Zhao

Smart cities show a “booming” trend both in the academia and the industry in recent years. Scholars across the world have been investigating how new technologies are applied to…

National and international R&D support programmes and technology scouting in European small and medium enterprises

Dragana Radicic

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of national and international R&D support programmes on firms’ technology scouting, defined as firms’ use of external knowledge…

Big data analytics adoption model for small and medium enterprises

Parisa Maroufkhani, Wan Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail, Morteza Ghobakhloo

Big data analytics (BDA) is recognized as a turning point for firms to improve their performance. Although small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are crucial for every…

Electronic procurement adoption, usage and performance: a literature review

Sunil Nandankar, Amit Sachan

Despite the substantial research in the domain of electronic procurement adoption, usage and performance (EP AUP), there is no structured review of these studies and most of the…

A technological innovation system approach to analysis knowledge spillover, the case of rotary-wing technology in Iran

Tahereh Miremadi, Mahdi Baharloo

This paper aims to contribute to the debate of knowledge spillover by presenting a new application for the approach of the technological innovation system (TIS).

Outcome and impact indicators for nanotechnology policies

Ali Mohammad Soltani, Seyed Habibollah Tabatabaeian, Payam Hanafizadeh, Jahanyar Bamdadsoofi

The purpose of this paper is to suggest indicators for evaluating Iran national nanotechnology plan at the policy and program levels. Governments are required to evaluate their…

Nigeria’s automotive policy and the quest for a viable automotive industry: a lesson for the developing economies

Cornelius Ogbodo Anayo Agbo

It is of concern that several attempts at making Nigeria an automobile producing country have not yielded much success. This paper aims to re-examine the history of automobile…