HoweSchool Research Colloquium on technology transfer: Feb. 21

HOBOKEN , N.J. — The Howe School Alliance for Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology is holding the seminar, “From Technology Transfer to Technology Sharing and Alliances for Mutual Advantage” on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 . Jatinda N.D. Gupta, Eminent Scholar of Management of Technology at the University of Alabama in Huntsville , will be the speaker. Refreshments will be served at the event, which will be held in The Babbio Center, Room 304, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In this seminar, Gupta will explore the benefits and issues with the concept and practice of technology transfer from a firm in a developed country to a firm in a developing country. Based on some experiences and shifts in business environment in the twenty-first century, it is suggested that it may be time to shift to the use of technology sharing and technology alliances as a way to gain mutual advantage. The seminar will conclude with outlining some suggestions for the implementation of technology sharing and the need to educate new breed of managers.

Gupta is currently Eminent Scholar of Management of Technology, Director of Supply Chain Management Research, Professor of Management Information Systems, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at the University of Alabama in Huntsville . As the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty and Outstanding Researcher awards from Ball State University , Gupta has published over 200 papers in national and international journals, proceedings, and books. He serves on editorial boards of national and international journals and has edited several special issues and books. Gupta is a frequent consultant to various industrial and government organizations in the areas of supply chain management, information systems and security, operations and strategic management and their applications. He has also taught courses in various areas including operations and technology management, information systems strategy information security. His current research interests include e-commerce, supply chain management, information and decision technologies, scheduling, planning and control, organizational learning and effectiveness, systems education, knowledge management, information security and enterprise integration. Gupta has published several articles and book chapters in security and privacy and is currently editing a handbook on research in information assurance and security and an encyclopedia in enterprise systems, and is a frequent keynote speaker at various professional and academic conferences.

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Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

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