What is an emerging technology?

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1827-1843

  Rotolo, Daniele ^a,b   Hicks, Diana ^b   Martin, Ben R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributes of emergence; Conceptualisation; Definition; Detection and analysis; Emerging technologies; Framework; Indicators; Operationalisation; Science and Technology Studies (STS); Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INNOVATION;

ATTRIBUTES OF EMERGENCE; CONCEPTUALISATION; DEFINITION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FRAMEWORK; OPERATIONALISATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES; SCIENTOMETRICS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945306876     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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