Facilitating Technology Transfer through Partnership

The primary aim for this book is to gather and collate articles which represent current thinking in the domain of technology transfer, from research, academia and practice around the world. It addresses a number of key topics, including: theoretical models of technology transfer and diffusion; identification of risk/success factors; methodological innovations to promote successful design and implementation; user resistance and learning processes and defense mechanisms in technology transfer. This text should be of interest to practitioners, consultants, software engineers, managers, senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in IS/IT.