Technology assessment (TA) analyzing the techno-economic, environmental and social
impacts of technologies and operating on the concept of sustainable development is a …

It is becoming increasingly difficult to identify promising technologies due to the influx of new
technologies and the high level of complexity involved in many of these technologies …

Nanotechnology has driven speculations and projections of all colors and shapes. However,
there is a paucity of future scenarios that explore distinct nanotechnology innovation and …

Technology presents as a key, which influences industry competitiveness. For that reason, it
is necessary to measure its achievement. Technometrics involves quantitative measurement …

In this research, we use the concepts of “national technology policy” as well as the “firm
technology strategy” in defining a new definition for “national technology strategy”. Then, by …

This research develops a systematic approach for policy makers to strategically define the
national technology policy for emerging technologies. In this approach, a hierarchical …

New technologies, such as genomics or nanotechnology, emerge together with high
expectations and with huge uncertainties. This creates a specific condition for innovation …

Contributions of social sciences and humanities to the debate on converging technologies at
the nanoscale are mostly seen as conservative and pessimistic about the potential of …

Different forms of processes dedicated to the analysis of future technology advancements
(FTA processes) were developed in the last decades. Shedding light on the main aspects …

The concept of controlling matter at the atomic level—which is at the heart of
nanotechnologies promise—was first publicly articulated in 1959 by physicist Richard …