Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Volume 114, issue C, 2017

The Global Brain as a model of the future information society: An introduction to the special issue pp. 1-6

Francis Heylighen and Marta Lenartowicz

New consciousness: A societal and energetic vision for rebalancing humankind within the limits of planet Earth pp. 7-15

Christian Breyer, Sirkka Heinonen and Juho Ruotsalainen

Living Cognitive Society: A ‘digital’ World of Views pp. 16-26

Viktoras Veitas and David Weinbaum

Let's interplay! Does co-evolution enable or constrain? pp. 27-34

Evo Busseniers

Creatures of the semiosphere: A problematic third party in the ‘humans plus technology’ cognitive architecture of the future global superintelligence pp. 35-42

Marta Lenartowicz

Power and politics: A threat to the Global Brain pp. 43-47

Forrest Rosenblum

Global Commons in the Global Brain pp. 48-64

Cadell Last

The global brain and the emerging economy of abundance: Mutualism, open collaboration, exchange networks and the automated commons pp. 65-73

Ben Goertzel, Ted Goertzel and Zarathustra Goertzel

Towards an intelligent network for matching offer and demand: From the sharing economy to the global brain pp. 74-85

Francis Heylighen

How intermediary organizations facilitate university–industry technology transfer: A proximity approach pp. 86-102

Elisa Villani, Einar Rasmussen and Rosa Grimaldi

Social network analysis: A tool for evaluating and predicting future knowledge flows from an insurance organization pp. 103-118

Leon, Ramona – Diana, Raúl Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Pedro Gómez-Gasquet and Josefa Mula

Integrated crisis-energy policy: Macro-evolutionary modelling of technology, finance and energy interactions pp. 119-137

Karolina Safarzynska and Jeroen van den Bergh

Scenario planning as communicative action: Lessons from participatory exercises conducted for the Scottish livestock industry pp. 138-151

Dominic George Duckett, Annie J. McKee, Lee-Ann Sutherland, Carol Kyle, Lisa A. Boden, Harriet Auty, Paul R. Bessell and Iain J. McKendrick

Using innovation contests to promote the development of generic technologies pp. 152-164

Olga Kokshagina, Thomas Gillier, Patrick Cogez, Pascal Le Masson and Benoit Weil

An exploratory policy analysis of electric vehicle sales competition and sensitivity to infrastructure in Europe pp. 165-178

Gillian Harrison and Christian Thiel

Invention, innovation and diffusion in the European wind power sector pp. 179-191

Jonas Grafström and Åsa Lindman

Managing innovation under competitive pressure from informal producers pp. 192-202

Pedro Mendi and Rodrigo Costamagna

An international comparison of competitiveness in knowledge services pp. 203-213

Jeongeun Byun, Hyun-woo Park and Jae Pyo Hong

Exposing the attractors of evolving complex adaptive systems by utilising futures images: Milestones of the food sustainability journey pp. 214-225

Tuomas Kuhmonen

Effectiveness of low-carbon development strategies: Evaluation of policy scenarios for the urban transport sector in a Brazilian megacity pp. 226-241

Esther Menezes, Alexandre Gori Maia and Cristiane Silva de Carvalho

Technological innovation system building for diffusion of renewable energy technology: A case of solar PV systems in Ethiopia pp. 242-253

Kassahun Y. Kebede and Toshio Mitsufuji

The future of employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerisation? pp. 254-280

Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne

Monitoring emerging technologies for technology planning using technical keyword based analysis from patent data pp. 281-292

Junegak Joung and Kwangsoo Kim

Critical factors for participation in global innovation networks. Empirical evidence from the Mexican nanotechnology sector pp. 293-312

Hugo Necoechea-Mondragón, Daniel Pineda-Domínguez, Luz Pérez-Reveles and Rocío Soto-Flores

Winner does not take all: Selective attention and local bias in platform-based markets pp. 313-326

Pontus Huotari, Kati Järvi, Samuli Kortelainen and Jukka Huhtamäki

Sustainability-driven innovation at the bottom: Insights from grassroots ecopreneurs pp. 327-338

Soumodip Sarkar and Mario Pansera

Network stability, connectivity and innovation output pp. 339-349

Gupeng Zhang, Hongbo Duan and Jianghua Zhou

Volume 113, issue PB, 2016

Reforming higher education in Portugal in times of uncertainty: The importance of illities, as non-functional requirements pp. 146-156

Manuel Heitor and Hugo Horta

The effects of the economic crisis on public research: Spanish budgetary policies and research organizations pp. 157-167

Laura Cruz-Castro and Luis Sanz-Menéndez

Shaping Portuguese science policy for the European horizon: The discourses of technological change pp. 168-184

Tiago Brandão

University excellence initiatives in Spain, a possible strategy for optimising resources and improving local performance pp. 185-194

D. De Filippo, F. Casani and E. Sanz-Casado

Revisiting industrial policy: Lessons learned from the establishment of an automotive OEM in Portugal pp. 195-205

Anabela Reis, Manuel Heitor, Miguel Amaral and Joana Mendonça

The impact of public support on firm propensity to engage in R&D: Spanish experience pp. 206-219

Elena Huergo, Mayte Trenado and Andrés Ubierna

The physical structure of urban economies — Comparative assessment pp. 220-229

André Pina, Paulo Ferrão, Daniela Ferreira, Luís Santos, Michal Monit, João F.D. Rodrigues and Samuel Niza

Setting-up an international science partnership program: A case study between Portuguese and US research universities pp. 230-239

Hugo Horta and Maria Teresa Patrício

Interdisciplinarity in ferment: The role of knowledge networks and department affiliation pp. 240-247

Filipa M. Ribeiro

The relationship between innovation and export behaviour: The case of Galician firms pp. 248-265

Oscar Rodil-Marzabal, Xavier Vence-Deza and María del Carmen Sánchez

Tracing the flows of knowledge transfer: Latent dimensions and determinants of university–industry interactions in peripheral innovation systems pp. 266-279

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Hugo Pinto, Manuel Pérez Yruela and Tiago Santos Pereira

Fostering novelty while reducing failure: Balancing the twin challenges of product innovation pp. 280-292

Pablo D'Este, Nabil Amara and Julia Olmos-Peñuela

The changing patterns of industrial production: How does it play for the Iberian Peninsula? pp. 293-307

Joana Mendonça and Manuel Heitor

The capacity for adopting energy innovations in Portugal: Historical evidence and perspectives for the future pp. 308-318

Nuno Bento and Margarida Fontes

Enlarging the social basis of higher education: Lessons learned from extending a social support system with a risk-sharing loan scheme in Portugal pp. 319-327

Manuel Heitor, Hugo Horta and Miguel Leocádio

Training students for new jobs: The role of technical and vocational higher education and implications for science policy in Portugal pp. 328-340

Sandra Hasanefendic, Manuel Heitor and Hugo Horta

PhD careers in Spanish industry: Job determinants in manufacturing versus non-manufacturing firms pp. 341-351

Liliana Herrera and Mariano Nieto

Too many PhDs? An invalid argument for countries developing their scientific and academic systems: The case of Portugal pp. 352-362

João M. Santos, Hugo Horta and Manuel Heitor

The role of academic inbreeding in developing higher education systems: Challenges and possible solutions pp. 363-372

Hugo Horta and Maria Yudkevich

Improving healthcare quality: A technological and managerial innovation perspective pp. 373-378

Rachel H. Kim, Gary M. Gaukler and Chang Won Lee

Being central is a double-edged sword: Knowledge network centrality and new product development in U.S. pharmaceutical industry pp. 379-385

John Qi Dong and Chia-Han Yang

Healthcare quality innovation and performance through process orientation: Evidence from general hospitals in Switzerland pp. 386-395

Anne Cleven, Tobias Mettler, Peter Rohner and Robert Winter

Effect of u-healthcare service quality on usage intention in a healthcare service pp. 396-403

Sung Hee Jang, Rachel H. Kim and Chang Won Lee

Managing requirements for the development of a novel elbow rehabilitation device pp. 404-411

Aline Marian Callegaro, Carla Schwengber ten Caten, Raffaela Leane Zenni Tanure, Amanda Sória Buss, Márcia Elisa Soares Echeveste and Carlos Fernando Jung

Effects of innovation leadership and supply chain innovation on supply chain efficiency: Focusing on hospital size pp. 412-421

Seong No Yoon, DonHee Lee and Marc Schniederjans

Healthcare supply chain management; strategic areas for quality and financial improvement pp. 422-428

Ik-Whan G. Kwon, Sung-Ho Kim and David G. Martin

Strategy deployment in healthcare services: A case study approach pp. 429-437

Sylvain Landry, Martin Beaulieu and Jacques Roy

Service Innovation Using Social Robot to Reduce Social Vulnerability among Older People in Residential Care Facilities pp. 438-453

Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar, Rajiv Khosla, Mei Tai Chu and Fatemeh S. Shahmehr

Simulating healthcare quality innovation based on a novel medical treatment: The case of Hepatitis-C in Europe pp. 454-459

Martin Zsifkovits, Johannes Zsifkovits and Stefan W. Pickl

Measuring the impact of Japanese local public hospital reform on national medical expenditure via panel data regression pp. 460-467

Zhang Xing and Tatsuo Oyama

Patient-centric quality assessment framework for healthcare services pp. 468-474

Geun-wan Park, Yongse Kim, Kwangtae Park and Anurag Agarwal

Technology acquisition and efficiency in Dubai hospitals pp. 475-485

Alessandro Ancarani, Carmela Di Mauro, Simone Gitto, Paolo Mancuso and Ali Ayach