Defense conversion, technology policy and R & D networks in the innovation system of Israel

Technovation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 615-629

  Vekstein, Daniel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DEFENSE INDUSTRY; INNOVATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032644352     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(99)00066-8     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Berger, P.L., Luckmann, T., 1967. The Social Construction of Reality. Doubleday, New York.
2. Brown M.A., Berry L.B. Guidelines for successfully transfering government-sponsored Innovations. Research Policy. 20:1991;121-143.
3. Burgelman R.A. Fading memories: A process theory of strategic business exit in dynamic environments. Administrative Science Quarterly. 39:1994;24-56.
4. Central Bureau of Statistics, various years. Government of Israel.
5. Chesnais, F., 1992. National system of innovation, foreign direct investment and the operation of multinational enterprises. In: Lundvall, B. (Ed.), National Systems of Innovation. Pinter Publishers, London, pp. 265-295.
6. Dicken, P., 1992. Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity. The Guilford Press, New York.
7. Dun and Bradstreet, 1997. Dunsguide 15,000: 1997-1998. Dun and Bradstreet - Israel, Tel-Aviv.
8. Elsner W. Industrial defense conversion: Guiding the market at the regional level - The case of the State of Bremen, Germany. Journal of Economic Issues. 27:1992;1254-1262.
9. Elsner W. Germany: The example of industrial defense conversion. Journal of Economic Issues. 29:1995;503-516.
10. Etinger, A., 1996. The Galaxy did not take-off yet (in Hebrew). Asakim, October, 8-9.
11. Evron, J., 1980. The Israel Defense Industry. MOD-Publishing House, Tel-Aviv.
12. Gerosky, P., 1995. Markets for technology: Knowledge, innovation, and appropriability. In: Stoneman, P. (Ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 91-131.
13. Gold, D., 1992. Israel as an American Non-NATO Ally: Parameter of Defense-Industry Cooperation. Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv.
14. Halperin, A., 1992. The Dependence of the Israeli Defense Industry on American Foreign Aid (in Hebrew). The Israeli International Institute for Applied Economic Policy Review, Tel-Aviv.
15. Halperin, A., Tsiddon, D., 1992. The Conversion of the Israeli Defense Industry: The Labor Market (in Hebrew). The Israeli International Institute for Applied Economic Policy Review, Tel-Aviv.
16. Hirschhorn, P., 1993. Battle of Fatigue. The Jerusalem Post, February 26.
17. IEEE Spectrum, 1992. Conversion. (special issue), December 26-28.
18. Imai, K., Baba, Y., 1989. Systematic innovation and cross-border networks. Paper presented at the OECD Conference on the Contribution of Science and Technology to Economic Growth, Paris, June.
19. Justman, M., 1994. Modernization and growth in the small business sector: Lessons for public policy. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies Research, Jerusalem (in Hebrew).
20. Kachalsky, E., 1968. Committee for the Examination of the Organization and Management of Government Research (in Hebrew). Report Research and Development, Technology and High-tech Industry in Israel, Government of Israel.
21. Kachalsky-Katzir, E., Tal, E., 1991. The advisory situation in Israel. In: Golden, W.T. (Ed.), Worldwide Science and Technology Advice to the Higher Levels of Governments. Pergamon Press, New York, pp. 259-266.
22. Leonard-Barton, D., 1990. The intraorganizational environment: Point-to-point versus diffusion. In: Williams, F., Gibson, D.V. (Eds.), Technology Transfer: A Communication Perspective. SAGE, Newbury Park, pp. 43-61.
23. Mansfield E. The diffusion of flexible manufacturing systems in Japan, Europe and the United States. Management Science. 39:1993;149-159.
24. Mardor, M.M., 1981. Rafael (in Hebrew). Ministry of Defense of Israel.
25. Ministry of Economy and Planning, Israel, 1991. Plan for the National Economy 1991-1995 and Proposal of a Framework for Long-Term Budget (in Hebrew). The Authority for National Economic Planing, Jerusalem.
26. Ministry of Industry and Trade, Israel, 1997. The MAGANET Program (in Hebrew).
27. Ministry of Science, Israel. 1997. Development of Scientific and Technological Infrastructure: Plan for 1997/98 (in Hebrew).
28. Ministry of Science and Arts, Israel, 1995. Development of scientific and technological infrastructure: Plan for 1995 (in Hebrew). High Committee for the Development of Scientific and Technological Infrastructures in Israel, Tel-Aviv.
29. Ministry of Science and Development, Israel, 1984. Research and development, technology and high-tech industry in Israel (in Hebrew). Committee for the Examination of the Organization and Management of Government Research, Tel-Aviv.
30. Mowery, D., 1995. The practice of technology policy. In: Stoneman, P. (Ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 513-557.
31. Nelson, R.R., 1993. National Innovation Systems: A Comparative Analysis. Oxford University Press, New York.
32. Patel, P., Pavitt, K., 1995. Patterns of technological activity: Their measurement and interpretation. In: Stoneman, P. (Ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Innovation and Technological Change. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 14-51.
33. Pines, K., 1990. Horn of Plenty: Scientific Research and Technological Development in Israel (in Hebrew). Weizmann Science Press of Israel.
34. Powell, W.W., 1991. Expanding the scope of institutional analysis. In: Powell, W.W. and DiMaggio, P.J. (Eds.), The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 183-203.
35. Reddy N.M., Zhao L. International technology transfer: A review. Research Policy. 19:1990;285-307.
36. Rodan S. Government defense plants up for privatization. The Jerusalem Post. 22:1998;13.
37. Rogers E.M., Carayannis E.G., Kurihara K., Allbritton M.M. Cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) as technology transfer mechanisms. R & D Management. 28:1998;79-88.
38. Rossant, J., Sandler, N., 1995. Out of the desert. Business Week. August, 38-41.
39. Scott W.B. Tech transfer impact remains elusive. Aviation Week & Space Technology. 141:1994;42-44.
40. Senker J. Evaluating the funding of strategic science: Some lessons from British experience. Science Policy. 20:1991;29-43.
41. Stata, R., 1989. Organizational learning: the key to management innovation. Sloan Management Review, Spring, 63-73.
42. Teubal, M., 1993. The innovation system of Israel: Description, performance, and outstanding issues. In: Nelson, R. (Ed.), National Innovation Systems. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 476-502.
43. Vekstein D. Managing knowledge and corporate performance: An empirical analysis of the world automobile industry Omega-International. Journal of Management Science. 26(5):1998;551-568.
44. Vekstein D., Mehrez A. Technology transfer and defense conversion in Israel. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 22:1997;47-56.
45. Winter, S.G., 1987. Knowledge and competence as strategic assets. In: Teece, D.J. (Ed.), The Competitive Challenge. Ballinger: Cambridge, MA, pp. 159-184.
46. Zuscovitch, E., Teubal, M., 1993. Economic networks, industrial learning and the development of markets. In: Justman, M., Teubal, M., Zuscovitch, E. (Eds.), Technological Infrastructure Policy for Renewed Growth. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, pp. 31-51.