Foresight for European coordination: Developing national priorities for the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-459

  Könnölä, Totti ^a   Salo, Ahti ^b   Brummer, Ville ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Foresight; Forest industry; Forestry; Innovation policy; Multicriteria decision making; OMC; Open method of coordination; Portfolio modelling; Technology platform

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

FORESIGHT; FOREST INDUSTRY; INNOVATION POLICIES; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OPEN METHOD OF COORDINATION; TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 79961066611     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2011.041583     Document Type: Article

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