Tailoring CTA for emerging technologies

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-333

  van Merkerk, Rutger O ^a   Smits, Ruud E H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constructive technology assessment (CTA); Emerging technology; Methodology development

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CONSTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (CTA); EMERGING TECHNOLOGY; LAB-ON-A-CHIP TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 38349034967     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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