Coevolutionary cycles of convergence: An extrapolation from the ICT industry

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-736

  Hacklin, Fredrik ^a   Marxt, Christian ^b   Fahrni, Fritz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coevolutionary cycles; Convergence; ICT; Innovation process; Multiple case study; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTIONARY CYCLES; CONVERGENCE; ICT; INNOVATION PROCESS; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENTREPRENEUR; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67349178153     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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