Emerging Dimensions of Technology Management

1. Front Matter

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2. Emerging Issues in Technology Management: Global Perspectives: The Need for and Understanding of a Technology Commercialization Framework

   • Shailendra Vyakarnam

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3. Innovation Valuation: Guesswork or Formalized Framework? A Literature Review

   • J. J. Chanaron

   Pages 17-33

4. Technology Management in India’s Plantation Sector: Structural Infirmities Perspective

   • V. G. Dhanakumar

   Pages 35-53

5. Good Urban Governance and Smart Technologies: A German City as a Best Practice Case of E-Government

   • Joerg Himmelreich

   Pages 55-61

6. An Overview on Technology Nurturing and Incubation from a Life Science Perspective

   • Mohan Sridhar, Nandini Arunkumar, Shreyas Burji, Taslimarif Saiyed

   Pages 63-71

7. An Integrated Talent Management System for Maintaining an Up-to-Date Technical Workforce

   • Harold G. Kaufman

   Pages 73-86

8. Designing and Operating Communities of Practice for Managing Knowledge: Lessons from a Comprehensive Global Knowledge Management Survey

   • A. D. Amar, Elayne Coakes

   Pages 87-104

9. Airport Technology Management

   • Dietmar P. F. Moeller

   Pages 105-119

10. Innovation and Implementation of Climate-Related Energy-Efficient Building Design in India

    • Reinhard Doleschal, Uta Pottgiesser

    Pages 121-134

11. Between Collaboration and Competition in Modern Technology Management and Innovation

    • Peter Sachsenmeier

    Pages 135-146

12. Understanding Social Business

    • Ravi Vatrapu

    Pages 147-158

13. Technologies for Sustainable Development: Korean Experience

    • Paul Jeong, Mysore V. Ravikumar, Pradip Paul

    Pages 159-171

14. Multiagent Coordination Enabling Autonomous Logistics

    • Arne Schuldt, Otthein Herzog

    Pages 173-175

15. Managing Technologies for Defense

    • Prahlada

    Pages 177-184

16. Acquiring Gilead Sciences as a Proposed Strategy for Merck & Co. Growth

    • Derek Haacker, Cory Nolan, Venkatachalam Seshan

    Pages 185-200

17. Back Matter

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​  Technology is the key driver of business. May it be airport, ICT , smart governance, manufacturing or plantations. Technology management opens up opportunities for the business and help achieve leadership positions. This collection of papers provides a glimpse of issues faced in different sectors. These papers also should inspire more researchers to expand the scope of the subject itself.                    

• Bio-technology
• Defence
• Innovation
• Logistics
• Talent Management
• Technology Management

• , Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

  K.B. Akhilesh

Professor K. B. Akhilesh, Professor of Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Technology Management at Indian Institute of Science since 1982, was Chairman of the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science from 1993 to 1998. His research and teaching interests are the development of human resource skills in the information technology and manufacturing sectors. He has published over 100 papers in Indian and international journals and 7 books. Professor Akhilesh has guided over 20 Doctoral students, served as an external PhD examiner in India, South Africa and USA. Professor Akhilesh has been a visiting lecturer at many universities and organizations, worldwide, including USA, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Belgium and Sweden. He was invited as a Visiting Researcher by Japan Institute of Labor, Tokyo. He is also an (Adjunct Professor) at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) and visiting Professor at University of Hamburg, School of information. He hastaught two courses Knowledge Management and International Business Leaders in Pforzheim University, and University of Lemgo, Germany. As a consultant, speaker and a trainer he has interacted with companies like DaimlerChrysler, Airbus Industries, Pratt and Whitney USA, Lapp India, International Labor Organization, Volkswagen, Vee Tech, Honeywell, BSNL, 5th Central Pay Commission, Central Silk Board, DRDL (DRDO), LRDE, CPRI, and so on. As a corporate management trainer and facilitator, he has participated in over 1,000 Management Development Programs. He is a member of many major professional organizations, including: Academy of Management, USA. Professor Akhilesh was honored for his life time contribution to HR management by National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM).

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