Aims:
According to the mission of the "Defence Industries Training and Research Institute" (the owner of this Journal), the mission of the Journal of Improvement Management is to create a platform for learning and industrial excellence. To this end, this journal will review and publish articles dealing with various aspects of experiences related to industrial development using a historical approach.
Scope:
Some topics of interest in this journal are:
- Evaluation of industrial policies and government intervention models in the development of industries;
- Studies on the relationship between industry and the government and other institutions;
- Catch up at national, local, and organizational levels;
- Industrialization and the formation of clusters;
- Management of industrial value chains;
- Changes in the capabilities and advantages of the country's industries and enterprises;
- Localization of technology in different sectors;
- Cooperation and networking models;
- Conflicts and destructive competitions between activists in the path of industrial development;
- Labor relations, contracts, and legislation in industrial development;
- Technological innovation and entrepreneurship in industrial development;
- Industrial equipment and non-operating defense;
- Comparative studies and examination of differences and similarities in different industrial sectors;
- Dependence and industrial sanctions and experiences of dealing with them;
- Analysis of socio-technical transitions and developments;
- Resistance economy of industrial development;
- The political economy of industrial development;
- Sociology of industrial development;
- Theoretical and philosophical studies related to industrial development;
- Criticisms of the epistemological method of research in the field of management and policy making
Priority articles for this journal have the following features:
- Regarding subject matter: industrial policy, technology management, future research, and similar subjects.
- Regarding case studies, strategic industries, industrial organizations, companies, industrial policy, and critical technologies.
- In terms of approach: in-depth analysis of one or more case studies and paying attention to the historical developments related to the study.
