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Technology Foresight on Emerging Technologies: Implications for a National Innovation Initiative in Brazil

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Title Technology Foresight on Emerging Technologies: Implications for a National Innovation Initiative in Brazil
 
Creator Almeida, Maria Fatima Ludovico de
Moraes, Carlos Augusto Caldas de
Melo, Maria Angela Campelo de
 
Subject technology foresight; emerging technologies; national innovation initiative; national innovation system; biotechnology; nanotechnology; ICT; Brazil
 
Description Prospective studies about emerging technologies and their implications for public policy formulation indicate critical choices ranging from global to national level, even to the individual firm or institution. Emerging technologies have been shaping the future of some industries and transforming many others. In many cases, these technologies will determine the restructuring of industries as never before. Specially designed for enabling better planning and future decisions, technology foresight (TF) methods are used to foresee diffusion of innovations, mapping out commercially viable roadmaps for technological development. This paper is concerned with a methodological instrument adopted in Brazil as support for building the Agenda for a National Innovation Initiative (NII), which was articulated by government, universities, R&D institutions, and private firms. It presents and discusses an integrated methodological approach for a TF study, specially designed for the purpose of this Brazilian innovation policy instrument, concerning three emerging technologies – nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information and communication technologies (ICT).
 
Publisher Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
 
Contributor Center for Strategic Studies and Management in Science, Technology and Innovation (CGEE)
 
Date 2015-07-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1789
10.4067/S0718-27242015000200013
 
Source Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 10, No 2 (2015); 183-197
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 10, No 2 (2015); 183-197
0718-2724
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1789/972
 
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