Quantitative and qualitative approaches in Future-oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): From combination to integration?

Karel Haegeman, Elisabetta Marinelli, Fabiana Scapolo, Andrea Ricci and Alexander Sokolov ()

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2013, vol. 80, issue 3, 386-397

Abstract: The FTA community relies on a set of disciplines and methods, which try to better understand and shape the future from different methodological perspectives. Whilst the community has grown since the first edition of the International Seville Conference on Future-oriented Technology Analysis (FTA), there is still little dialogue and exchange between those applying quantitative and those applying qualitative methods.

Keywords: Qualitative; Quantitative; Barriers; Combination; Integration; FTA; Epistemological divide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.002

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