Key principles for developing industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1050-1070

  Kerr, Clive ^a   Farrukh, Clare ^a   Phaal, Robert ^a   Probert, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management tool; Roadmapping; Strategic planning; Technology management

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS; MANAGEMENT TOOL; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS; ROADMAPPING; STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878368072     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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