STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Strategic technological innovation for sustainable development

Technological innovation can be highly instrumental in achieving sustainable development. How well does technology innovation research address the needs of sustainable development and in what directions does this research need to move to usher in sustainable development? We use co-word analysis in existing research publications to map the intellectual structure of the field of ‘strategic techno...

Strategic Technology Adoption under Technological Uncertainty

On the Technological Aspects of Generative Learning Object Development

The Learning Objects (LOs) are digital resources that can be used (and reused) to support learning process. The Generative Learning Objects (GLOs) are generic and reusable LOs from which the specific LO content can be generated on demand. We discuss the technological aspects required for implementing the GLOs: (1) variability modeling using feature diagrams, (2) multi-dimensional separation of ...

Technological Forecasting: A Strategic Imperative

Assessing future opportunities and threats is a serious management concern. All we know about the future is that it will very likely pose new and different challenges. Hence, the basic resources which serve a business today may have little relevance under tomorrow's conditions. If a business is to survive, it must be prepared to adapt rapidly to the requirements of the future. Difficulty arises...

Technological Diversification and Strategic Alliances

This paper examines empirically the relationship between the internal technological profile and the diversification through strategic alliances of the largest 219 industrial firms world-wide. It explores three related issues. First, the paper shows that firms’ internal technological diversification is more pronounced than external technological diversification. Second, it confirms the idea that...