Technology Forecasting as an Influence on Technological Innovation: Past Examples and Future Expectations

James R. Bright and Blair Little

Chapter 12 in Industrial Innovation, 1979, pp 228-257 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract All firms and governments dealing with technology have been and are doing technology forecasting. This is because each decision to explore, support, oppose or ignore a technological prospect incorporates the decision-maker’s assumptions about that technology and its viability in the future. These assumptions may be arrived at by explicit forecasting, by rough speculation, by traditional procedure or by neglect.

Keywords: Future Statement; Development Track; Technology Forecast; Industrial Innovation; Slave Labor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03822-0_12

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