Technological change and the technology intelligence process: A case study

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-348

  Lichtenthaler, Eckhard ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disruptive technologies; Radical innovation; Technological change; Technological discontinuities; Technology intelligence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; RESEARCH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; RADICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DISCONTINUITIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 9944221995     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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