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

In: Industrial Innovation

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  • James R. Bright
  • Blair Little

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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.

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  • James R. Bright & Blair Little, 1979. "Technology Forecasting as an Influence on Technological Innovation: Past Examples and Future Expectations," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Michael J. Baker (ed.), Industrial Innovation, chapter 12, pages 228-257, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-03822-0_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03822-0_12
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