Farhad Abbasi

Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Head of Technology Foresight and Evaluation Division, No. 27 Forsat St, Engelab Ave., Teheran, Iran

Keywords innovation systems, technology management, human capital, benchmarking in innovation, commercialization, R&D productivity measurement, technology foresight

Farhad Abbasi is a research fellow and Head of Technology Foresight and Evaluation Division, the Iranian Research Organizations for Science and Technology.

Indigenous technological capability and its impact on technological development process: the case of Iranian industrial firms, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 8.2, 145 — 168.

Use of virtual index for measuring efficiency of innovation systems: A cross-country study, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 9.3, 195 — 212.

Samer Abboud

Arcadia University, Department of History and International Studies, 450 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA, 19038, United States of America

Keywords political economy, migration, mobility, citizenship, Syria, Arab studies, Islamic studies

Dr Abboud began teaching at Arcadia in Autumn 2010. He received his Ph.D. in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in 2007 where he conducted research on the political economy of marketization in Syria. In his research and teaching, he explores questions of political economy, migration/mobility, and citizenship, particularly within the context of the non-Western world. Dr Abboud has published in Arab Studies Quarterly, New Political Science, and Review of Middle East Studies, as well as in several edited collections. He has also written on Syria's political economy, publishing two monographs on Syrian Trade Policy and Marketization in Syria. Dr Abboud also serves as a Fellow at the Center for Syrian Studies in St. Andrew's, Scotland, and as Managing Editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies.

Failures (and successes?) of neoliberal economic policy in Iraq, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 2.3, 425 — 442.

Azley Abd Razak

University of the West of England, Operations and Information Management School, Bristol Business School, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, United Kingdom

Keywords Malaysia, triple helix, innovation networks, entrepreneurship

Azley Abd Razak is Research and Teaching Associate in the Bristol Business School at the University of the West of England. His research interests include the Triple Helix model of innovation in developing countries.

The role of universities in the evolution of the Triple Helix culture of innovation network: The case of Malaysia, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 6.3, 211 — 226.

Laroussi Ben Abdallah

University of Gafsa, Institut Supérieur d'Administration des Entreprises, Campus Universitaire Sidi Ahmed Zarroug 2112, Gafsa, Tunisia

Keywords spin off, firm source, firm beneficiary

Laroussi Ben Abdallah is a lecturer of management and Head of Department of Sciences Management and Finance at the Institute of Business Administration, at the University of Gafsa. His research is essentially focused on organizational structure and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

A la recherche d'un essaimage entreprise publique minière Tunisienne, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 7.2, 169 — 185.

Sofia Aboim

University of Lisbon, Institute of Social Sciences, Av. Professor Aníbal Bettencourt, 9, Lisbon, 1600 — 189, Portugal

Keywords modernization, gender relations, gender gap, family life, cross-national comparison

Sofia Aboim is a Research Fellow at the University of Lisbon's Institute of Social Sciences.

Family and gender values in contemporary Europe: The attitudinal gender gap from a cross-national perspective, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 9.1, 33 — 58.

Nathan Abrams

Bangor University, School of Creative Studies and Media, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, United Kingdom

Keywords Jewishness, Jews, film, United Kingdom

Dr Nathan Abrams is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Bangor University. His research explores the representation of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism in contemporary cinema since 1990, with a particular emphasis on the United States. His most recent books are Studying Film (2nd ed., London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2010) and The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema (London: IB Tauris, forthcoming in 2011).

Hidden: Jewish Film in the United Kingdom, past and present, Journal of European Popular Culture, 1.1, 53 — 68.

Pedro Abrantes

ISCTE., Av. das Forças Armadas, Lisbon, 1649 — 026, Portugal

Keywords youth, adulthood, transitions, pathways

Pedro Abrantes is a Sociological Researcher with the Sociological Studies Research Centre, ISCTE.

Moving into adulthood in a southern European country: transitions in Portugal, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 3.3, 191 —.

On full-time primary schools: Opportunities, challenges and good practices, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 10.1, 59 — 71.

Dinesh Abrol

National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Pusa Gate, K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110 012, India

Keywords S&T, rural poor, rural enterprise development, cooperation, partnership

Dr Dinesh Abrol is a research scientist at the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS).

Embedding technology in community-based production systems through People's Technology Initiatives: Lessons from the Indian experience, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 4.1, 3 — 20.

Seifudein Adem

Binghamton University, Institute of Global and Cultural Studies, PO Box 6000, LNG-100 Binghamton, NY, 13902, United States of America

Keywords Japan, Iraq, foreign policy, Iraq War

Seifudein Adem, Associate Research Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Binghamton. He is also author of Hegemony and Discourse: New perspectives in International Relations.

Japan and the Iraq War: cultural and theoretical perspectives, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 2.2, 209 — 224.

John Olatunji Adeoti

NISER-Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Economic and Tech Development Dept., Oyo Road, P.M.B, 5 UIPO, Ibadan, Nigeria

Keywords environmental policy, industry, technology, Nigeria

John Olatunji Adeoti has researched extensively on the role of science and technology in economic development, industrial development and planning issues in Sub-Saharan Africa; and is the author of the book, Technology and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Trends in the Nigerian Manufacturing Industry published in 2002 by Ashgate Publishing Limited, United Kingdom. In addition, he has published in reputable international journals on the role of technology in economic development and environmentally sustainable industrialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has been involved in research, consultancy and training activities since 1989. He participated in several international for a on economic development; industrialization; environmentally sustainable development; science, technology and innovation (STI) policy design, analysis and management.

Environmental policy and industrial response in Nigeria, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 7.2, 119 — 136.

Goffredo Adinolfi

ISCTE, Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia — CIES, Avenida das Forças Armadas, Lisbon, 1649 — 026, Portugal

Keywords ministerial elites, Italy, fascism, political elites, grand council, authoritarianism

Goffredo Adinolfi is a contemporary history doctoral candidate at the State University of Milan, Italy, and a Junior Visiting Fellow at the University of Lisbon's Institute of Social Science. His thesis is a study of the propaganda used by Salazar's New State. At the University of Lisbon he is participating in the project on southern European authoritarian elites.

Fascist Era Elites (2). The Fascist ministerial elite, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 3.2, 91 — 114.

The Fascist elites, government and the Grand Council, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 8.1, 7 — 30.

German Aginagalde

Mondragon University, Deptartment of Strategy, Organization and Entrepreneurship, Larraña 16, Apdo 58, Oñati, 20560, Spain

Keywords cooperative, tax law, Mondragon, Basque Country, autonomous Basque community

German Aginagalde has taught courses on tax and accounting issues at the Faculty of Business Science (ETEO), Mondragon University for over 20 years. He is writing his doctoral thesis on the impact of Mondragon cooperatives on the development of social capital in the Alto Deba region.

Specific tax issues of the cooperatives in the Mondragon group, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 8.1, 69 — 76.

Amaia Agirre

Mondragon University, Deptartment of Strategy, Organization and Entrepreneurship, Larraña 16, Apdo 58, Oñati, 20560, Spain

Keywords principal components analysis, self-management, cooperative, leadership

Amaia Agirre is a specialist in cooperative management models, strategy and organizational structure. She has been a member of the Faculty of Business Science (ETEO) at Mondragon University, since 1995. She teaches management, economics, and organizational structure. Amaia Agirre has contributed in several research projects as well as applied co-operative development projects and training courses in the Basque Country, Spain and several Latin American countries.

The cohesive power of new management alternatives: principal components of the Irizar model, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 8.1, 13 — 26.

Carmen González De Aguilar

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Economãa Aplicada IV, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Keywords party finance, party funding reform, political parties, political rent creation, state subsidies, Spain

Carmen González de Aguilar has a Ph.D. in Law and teaches political economy at Universidad Complutense of Madrid economic regulation at the University of Anahuac (Mexico). She has published about taxation in the monograph series of the Spanish Institute of Fiscal Studies and in journals like the Spanish Derecho Financiero y Hacienda Pública and the Portuguese.

Reforming party finance in Spain, International Journal of Iberian Studies, 24.1, 3 — 16.

Johan Åhr

Hofstra University, History, Hempstead, New York, NY 11549 — 1600, United States of America

Keywords Der Bevólkerung, Reichstag/Bundestag, gardening, nation and identity, Willy Lange

Assistant Professor Johan Åhr is the author of 'Memory and Mourning in Berlin: On Peter Eisenman's Holocaust-Mahnmal (2005)', Modern Judaism, 28 (2008), pp. 283 — 305. He is currently writing a monograph on Primo Levi and the problem of genocide: see 'On Primo Levi, Richard Serra, and the Concept of History', Journal of the Historical Society, 9 (2009), pp. 161 — 89.

Hans Haacke versus the myth of Volk, Journal of War and Culture Studies, 3.1, 51 — 68.

Farid Aitsiselmi

London Metropolitan University, Humanities, Arts, Languages and Education, 84 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6SQ, United Kingdom

Keywords sociolinguistics, Algeria, Algerian migrants in France, translation into French

Farid Aitdidelemi is Principal Lecturer in Applied Translation at London Metropolitan University. Farid started his career as an EFL and translation tutor in Algeria and then worked as a lecturer at the University of York. He went on to work at Bradford University where he was Coordinator of French, and Director of the MA in European Languages and European Studies. As Subject Leader for Applied Linguistics he was involved in major course revisions in the Department of Languages and European Studies. His research interests include intercultural issues related to language and identity with a specific interest in ethnic minority migrants. He has edited a volume entitled Black Blanc Beur: language and identity in France and has published a number of articles on the topic.

Langue et identité beur dans Hexagone, International Journal of Francophone Studies, 1.1, 41 — .

Book Reviews, International Journal of Francophone Studies, 12.2&3, 505 — .

Amir Naser Akhavan

Amirkabir University of Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Hafiz Avenue, Tehran, Iran

Keywords indigenous, technological capability, Iran

Amir Naser Akhavan is an Assistant Professor at the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Indigenous technological capability and its impact on technological development process: the case of Iranian industrial firms, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 8.2, 145 — 168.

Shameem Akhter

Western Oregon University, 10020 SW 125th Avenue, #104, Tel: 503 — 317 — 9940, Beaverton, OR 97008 United States of America

Keywords database systems, data warehousing, decision support, information systems

Ms. Shameem Akhter is a Graduate Student of Management and Information Systems (MIS) at Western Oregon University.

Incorporating sustainability into information technology management, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 9.2, 95 — 111.

Ali Jamal al-Kandari

Gulf University for Science and Technology, College of Arts and Science, P.O. Box 7207, Hawally, 32093, Kuwait

Keywords political attitudes, Al-Jazeera, Kuwaiti TV, independent media, government, satellite television

Ali Jamal al-Kandari (Ph.D., the University of Southern Mississippi) is an assistant professor of mass communication at Gulf University for Science & Technology. His research interests include political communication, the internet and public relations.

The influence of American television programs on university students in Kuwait: a synthesis, European Journal of American Culture, 28.1, 57 — 74.

Rafa al-Nasiri

P.O. Box 941840, Amman, 11194, Jordan

Keywords Iraqi art, modern art, Iraqi artists, diaspora

Rafa al-Nasiri is a renowned Iraqi artist who was educated in Iraq, Europe and China, and became the Chair of the Department of Graphic Art at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in the 1970s. Besides his paintings and graphic art, he is known for the Art Books he has produced to celebrate classical and modern poets, including Al-Mutanabbi and Mahmoud Darwish. He was a member of the 'New Vision' group and his work has been included in international exhibitions, including 'Word into Art' (British Museum) and the touring exhibition 'Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art'. He has won several prestigious prizes in Europe and the Middle East for his art. He has lived in Bahrain and Paris and is presently living in Amman.

Survival through art and the art of survival, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, 3.3, 259–275.