Foresight and innovation in the context of industrial clusters: The case of some Italian districts

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 817-833

  Roveda, Claudio ^a   Vecchiato, Riccardo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical technology list; Foresight; Industrial cluster; Interactive workshop; International competitiveness; Scenarios; Tacit and explicit knowledge

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENGINEERS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; KETONES; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGERS; METAL WORKING; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED (CO); BUSINESS STRATEGIES; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES; GLOBAL COMPETITION; IN ORDER; INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS; INITIAL STAGES; LARGE SIZES; LONG TERM; MIDDLE MANAGERS; SENIOR MANAGERS;

TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FIRM SIZE; INNOVATION; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 45749099652     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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