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International Journal of Technology Management

 

Special Issue on: "Risk Technology Management: Views from Sichuan Earthquake"

Guest Editors :
Desheng Dash Wu, University of Toronto, Canada
Jiuping Xu, Sichuan University, China

Earthquakes are among the most terrifying and destructive natural disasters threatening humans. As the horrors of the Sichuan earthquake in China of May 2008 continue to be a threat to people’s lives, and the number of dead is expected to rise to more than fifty thousand, we have to study the lessons from the earthquake disaster as an opportunity to prepare ourselves better for future disasters.

This special issue is intended to present views and insights from the Sichuan earthquake from the technology management point of view and to develop various risk tools and technologies. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and applied articles addressing the theme of this special issue.

Subject Coverage
Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

• Technology management and risk
• People, business/government relations
• Risk knowledge management
• Risk information technology
• Globalisation risks
• Productivity, efficiency and quality
• Sourcing risk technology
• Strategic technology management and policies of disasters
• Innovation and new risk technology
• International technology management policy and strategy
• Change of investment patterns and opportunities
• Technology development, environment and natural hazards
• Enterprise risk management operations research (OR) technology
• Quantitative technological risk assessment
• Other issues related to risk technology management from the Sichuan earthquake

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Submission of full paper: 31 October, 2008

Feedback from referees: 31 December, 2008

Submission of final revised paper: 31 January, 2009