Future-oriented technology analysis: Its potential to address disruptive transformations

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-385

  Cagnin, Cristiano ^a,b   Havas, Attila ^c   Saritas, Ozcan ^d,e  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Ed Corporate Financial Center   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

FTA practices; Fundamental change and transformations; Grand challenges

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; FTA PRACTICES; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; GRAND CHALLENGE; JOINT RESPONSE; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SEVILLE; TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84873990966     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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