Managing technology intelligence processes in situations of radical technological change

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1109-1136

  Lichtenthaler, Eckhard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disruptive technologies; Radical innovations; Technological discontinuities; Technology intelligence

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

RADICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE;

TECHNOLOGY;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 34548354552     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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