Title
Characterising a technology development at the stage of early emerging applications: nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors.
Abstract
We devise future-oriented technology analyses tools to investigate a technology at an interesting development stage of early emerging applications. At this stage, technologies show great potential with little established commercialisation. Future development pathways are highly uncertain and heavily dependent on contextual interactions. We apply R&D profiling, R&D-to-applications cross-charting, and technology delivery system modelling to help understand the phenomena that bear upon development prospects. We develop our approach through a two-tier case study: general treatment of nanomaterial-enhanced biosensors, followed by more specialised treatment of one subset of those. Results convey the importance of considering technological and social context factors together to understand likely innovation pathways.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1080/09537325.2011.565666
TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Keywords
Field
DocType
emerging application,nanomaterial-enhanced biosensor,future-oriented technology analyses (FTA),technology delivery system (TDS),nanotechnology,nanoparticle
Technology development,Economics,Profiling (computer programming),Knowledge management,Delivery system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
23.0
5
0953-7325
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.58
6
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lu Huang1181.84
Ying Guo260.58
Zhengchun Peng3222.20
Alan L. Porter439832.61