1st Edition

Technology Transfer

Edited By Dietrich Schroeer, Micro Elena Copyright 2000
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:   The theme of this collection of essays is "technology transfer". The topic has three major aspects: the interchange of technologies between military and civilian applications - "spin-off", "dual use", "conversion" and "diversification" fall under this heading; the proliferation of military arms, which could occur either through arms races... Read more

Dual-se technologies and the different transfer mechanisms, Jordi Molas-Gallart; national security and the Internet, Gary Chapman; defence diversification in the United Kingdom, Ian S. Goudie; the global positioning system - from strategic military technology to consumer good, Dietrich Schroeer; nuclear power - a dual-use conflict, Paolo Farinella et al; science and the stewardship of the nuclear stockpiles, Dimitri Batani and Stefano Atzeni; promoting nuclear non-proliferation - a Chinese view, Dingli Shen; can export controls reduce the demand for nuclear weapons?, Patricia Lewis; controls against smuggling materials of concern to national security, Alexander DeVolpi; tackling the demand side of chemical and biological weapons proliferation, Jean Pascal Zanders; growing transparence - political implications of interplay between civilian and military sectors, Bruce D. Larkin; international technology transfer and the industrialization strategy of developing countries, Carlo Pietrobelli; nuclear energy for developing and least-developed countries?, Gert Harigel.

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Dietrich Schroeer, Micro Elena