Technology Management: The Emergence and Evolution of an Academic Discipline

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Allameh Tabatabaei University

Abstract

Over about four decades, ​​technology management field of study has become an independent (academic) discipline with an impressive growth rate. This rapid growth, alongside the scientific community's desire to evaluate their discipline, has drawn some researcher's attention to study the technology management discipline "itself". This paper aims to examine the evolution of the discipline and to shed light on its unknown or little-known aspect through introducing a framework for the "comprehensive" study of a discipline and systematically reviewing of researches on technology management discipline.

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