Implementing a technology intelligence system: key issues

Author

Savioz, Pascal ; Heer, Andreas ; Tschirky, Hugo P.

Author_Institution

Center for Enterprise Sci., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

198

Abstract

Technologies are playing an important role in today\´s business. Having precise and comprehensive information about "what\´s going on outside the company" to support technology-related decision-making may be crucial to gain competitive advantage. Technology intelligence (TI) is a systematic program for gathering, analyzing and disseminating information about the technical environment, in order to find new opportunities. The successful implementation of a technology intelligence system (TIS) depends on several key-factors which should be well discussed before any efforts are taking place. This paper presents a discussion of the most important key-factors comparing theoretical viewpoints with practical experience made during a TIS-implementation project in a mid-sized Swiss MedTech company

Keywords

human resource management; management of change; technology transfer; Switzerland; case study; key issues; technology intelligence system implementation; technology-related decision-making; Costs; Cultural differences; Decision making; Ethics; Guidelines; Information analysis; Innovation management; Intelligent systems; Measurement; Modems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-06-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.2001.951922

Filename

951922