Knowledge, Technology Transfer and Foresight
By: edited by Annamária Inzelt, Reinhard Coenen
Contributors: Coenen, Reinhard
Series: NATO ASI Series, Serles 4: Sclence and Technology Policy -- 8; NATO ASI Series, Serles 4: Sclence and Technology Policy -- 8
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9789401066501; 9789400903517
Subjects: Methodology; Information Systems; Social sciences; Economics; Humanities
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, October 12-14, 1995
Description: A comparative perspective on the problems and issues of the transfer of knowledge and technology in and between western and former socialist countries, focusing on three key technologies: laser technology, biotechnology, and information technology. The book highlights the specific challenges facing economies in transition in technology policy and commercialisation. Furthermore, it gives an excellent insight into current technology forecasting practice and methodology, and the use of forecasting results in framing science and technology policy. Audience: Those involved in science and technology policy and forecasting, such as industrial and governmental policy makers and researchers.
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