Thinking patterns and gut feeling in technology identification and evaluation

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-123

  Scheiner, Christian Willi ^a   Baccarella, Christian Vincenzo ^a   Bessant, John ^b   Voigt, Kai Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive prototype; Corporate foresight; Gut feeling; Technological gatekeeper; Technology evaluation; Technology identification

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COGNITIVE PROTOTYPE; CORPORATE FORESIGHT; GUT FEELING; TECHNOLOGICAL GATEKEEPERS; TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION; TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFICATION;

INNOVATION;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 84930954298     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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