| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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History of Science in Iran from a Physicist's Perspective / R. Mansouri -- From Developing a Higher Education System to Moving Toward a Knowledge Based Economy: A Short History of Three Decades of STI Policy in Iran / M. Goodarzi & S. Ghazinoori -- National Innovation System of Iran: A Functional & Institutional Analysis / A.S. Soofi, S. Ghazinoory & S. Farnoodi -- Information and Communication Technology: Between a Rock and a Hard Place of Domestic and International Pressures / S. Ghazinoory & R. Jamali -- Nanotechnology: New Horizons, Approaches and Challenges / F.S. Yazdi & M.A.B. Zarj -- Biotechnology in Iran: A Study of the Structure and Functions of the Technology Innovation System / T. Miremadi -- Nuclear Technology: Progress in the Midst of Severest Sanctions / B. Soltani & M. Shaverdi -- Iran's Aerospace Technology / P. Tarikhi, M. Abbassi & M. Ashrafi -- Automotive Industry: New Trends, Approaches, and Challenges / M. Manteghi -- Concluding Remarks / S. Ghazinoory & A.S. Soofi |
| Summary |
Over the last two decades Iran has gone through major industrial transformation, in spite of major obstacles in the path of the country's development. This comprehensive book examines the Iranian government's mobilization of resources to develop science and technology, presenting an overview of the structure, dynamics, and outcomes of the government's science and technology policies. It evaluates sectors at the systems level and emphasizes the prominence of government, rather than of the market, in the innovation system of the Iranian economy. Written by authors who are in positions of leadership in the industries they discuss, this book offers an unparalleled look into Iran's current technology achievements |
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Technological innovations -- Iran
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Central government policies -- Iran.
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Technology: general issues -- Iran.
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Hi-tech manufacturing industries -- Iran.
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Information technology industries -- Iran.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Technology.
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Politics and Government.
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Technological innovations
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Iran
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Soofi, Abdol S.
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Qāz̤ī Nūrī, Sipihr, 1972 or 1973-
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| ISBN |
9781137030108 |
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1137030100 |
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