A. Porter

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Forecasting and Management of Technology

A. Porter
Engineering
29 March 1991

Note: Bibliogr. : p. 421-440. Index Reference Record created on 2004-09-07, modified on 2016-08-08

Refining search terms for nanotechnology

A. Porter, Jan Youtie, P. Shapira, D. Schoeneck
Materials Science
1 May 2008

The ability to delineate the boundaries of an emerging technology is central to obtaining an understanding of the technology’s research paths and commercialization prospects. Nowhere is this more… Expand

Science overlay maps: A new tool for research policy and library management

I. Rafols, A. Porter, Loet Leydesdorff
Computer Science, Physics
J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.
19 December 2009

We present a novel approach to visually locate bodies of research within the sciences, both at each moment of time and dynamically, using examples of universities, corporations, funding agencies, and research topics. Expand

Innovation forecasting

R. J. Watts, A. Porter
Engineering
Innovation in Technology Management. The Key to…
1997

Summary form only as given. Technological forecasting is premised on a certain orderliness of the innovation process. Myriad studies of technological substitution, diffusion and transfer processes… Expand

Technology futures analysis: Toward integration of the field and new methods

A. Porter, B. Ashton, +16 authors W. Thiessen
Economics
1 March 2004

Many forms of analyzing future technology and its consequences coexist, for example, technology intelligence, forecasting, roadmapping, assessment, and foresight. All of these techniques fit into a… Expand

Emerging technologies: quantitative identification and measurement

S. Cozzens, Sonia Gatchair, +4 authors A. Porter
Computer Science
Technol. Anal. Strateg. Manag.
18 March 2010

Bibliometric data, proposals and publications are most likely to be useful for this purpose since they capture information earlier in the cycle of technology development. Expand

Measuring researcher interdisciplinarity

A. Porter, A. Cohen, J. Roessner, Marty Perreault
Sociology, Computer Science
Scientometrics
17 June 2007

We offer two metrics that together help gauge how interdisciplinary a body of research is. Expand

Research profiling: Improving the literature review

A. Porter, A. Kongthon, J. Lu
Computer Science
Scientometrics
1 March 2002

We propose enhancing the traditional literature review through "research profiling" by exploiting the wealth of accessible information in electronic abstract databases such as MEDLINE and Science Citation Index. Expand

On the Future of Technological Forecasting

Vary T. Coates, Mahmud Farooque, +4 authors A. Porter
Political Science
1 May 2001

Technological forecasting is now poised to respond to the emerging needs of private and public sector organizations in the highly competitive global environment. The history of the subject and its… Expand

Technology opportunities analysis

A. Porter, Michael J. Detampel
Computer Science
1 July 1995

We present an approach to efficiently generate effective intelligence on emerging technologies by mining the wealth of information available in major public electronic databases. Expand

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