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Techniques |
Technology assessment and forecasting |
Technology scouting is an element of technology management in which
It is a starting point of a long term and interactive matching process between external technologies and internal requirements of an existing organization for strategic purposes. [3] This matching may also be aided by technology roadmapping. [4] Technology scouting is also known to be part of competitive intelligence, which firms apply as a tool of competitive strategy. [5] It can also be regarded as a method of technology forecasting [6] or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight. [7] Technology scouting may also be applied as an element of an open innovation approach. [8] [9] Technology scouting is seen as an essential element of a modern technology management system. [10]
The technology scout is either an employee of the company or an external consultant who engages in boundary spanning processes to tap into novel knowledge and span internal boundaries. [11] They may be assigned part-time or full-time to the scouting task. The desired characteristics of a technology scout are similar to the characteristics associated with the technological gatekeeper. These characteristics include being a lateral thinker, knowledgeable in science and technology, respected inside the company, cross-disciplinary orientated, and imaginative personality. [1] Technology scouts would also often play a vital role in a formalised technology foresight process. [12]
Documented case studies include:
Organization | Project | Year |
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DZSF | "DZSF - Projekte - Voruntersuchung zu Gestaltung und Betrieb eines teilautomatisierten Technologiescouting-Systems" [13] [14] [15] | 2022 |
Deutsche Telekom | "Technology Scouting - a Case Study on the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories" [16] | 2007 |
Phonak | "Technology intelligence systems: practices and models for large, medium-sized and start-up companies" [17] | 2006 |
Novartis | "Organisation der Technology intelligence : eine empirische Untersuchung der Technologiefrühaufklärung in technologieintensiven Grossunternehmen" [18] | 2002 |
Elf Aquitaine | "Science and Technology Scouting at Elf Aquitaine" [6] | 1993 |
Futures studies |
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Concepts |
Techniques |
Technology assessment and forecasting |
Technology scouting is an element of technology management in which
It is a starting point of a long term and interactive matching process between external technologies and internal requirements of an existing organization for strategic purposes. [3] This matching may also be aided by technology roadmapping. [4] Technology scouting is also known to be part of competitive intelligence, which firms apply as a tool of competitive strategy. [5] It can also be regarded as a method of technology forecasting [6] or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight. [7] Technology scouting may also be applied as an element of an open innovation approach. [8] [9] Technology scouting is seen as an essential element of a modern technology management system. [10]
The technology scout is either an employee of the company or an external consultant who engages in boundary spanning processes to tap into novel knowledge and span internal boundaries. [11] They may be assigned part-time or full-time to the scouting task. The desired characteristics of a technology scout are similar to the characteristics associated with the technological gatekeeper. These characteristics include being a lateral thinker, knowledgeable in science and technology, respected inside the company, cross-disciplinary orientated, and imaginative personality. [1] Technology scouts would also often play a vital role in a formalised technology foresight process. [12]
Documented case studies include:
Organization | Project | Year |
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DZSF | "DZSF - Projekte - Voruntersuchung zu Gestaltung und Betrieb eines teilautomatisierten Technologiescouting-Systems" [13] [14] [15] | 2022 |
Deutsche Telekom | "Technology Scouting - a Case Study on the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories" [16] | 2007 |
Phonak | "Technology intelligence systems: practices and models for large, medium-sized and start-up companies" [17] | 2006 |
Novartis | "Organisation der Technology intelligence : eine empirische Untersuchung der Technologiefrühaufklärung in technologieintensiven Grossunternehmen" [18] | 2002 |
Elf Aquitaine | "Science and Technology Scouting at Elf Aquitaine" [6] | 1993 |