Text mining as a valuable tool in foresight exercises: A study on nanotechnology

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1013-1027

  de Miranda Santo, Marcio ^a   Coelho, Gilda Massari ^a   dos Santos, Dalci Maria ^a   Filho, Lélio Fellows ^a  

^a Center for Management and Strategic Studies CGEE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foresight; Future studies; Methods and techniques; Nanotechnology; Science, technology and innovation; Text mining

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

FORESIGHT STUDIES; QUALITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; TEXT MINING;

DATA MINING;

COMPETITIVENESS; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748090723     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.05.020     Document Type: Article

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