) to formalize and to teach these techniques? This argumentation will try to show that the concept of technology is …

Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology. Some of this experience on foresight analysis is also been transferred to other … specify the automobile's role in transport policies with further implications like environment, safety, energy, mobility. …

explain the relationship between the objective and concrete features of technology and the subjective and shifting nature of … the people and organisation within which that technology is deployed. At the cultural and linguistic level the paper will …

development of unaffordable technologies or unsustainable performance targets, and the technology-centric model that defense firms …Technology has been playing a central role in defense spending or arms-producing countries since World War II. Although … well as public R&D. This technology-centric paradigm results from uncertainties surrounding defense matters and the need to …

This paper is about the alignment of technology and modes of organization in infrastructures in the context of their … technical functions' that need to be performed in order to guarantee the expected technical performance of the system. We … determine the alignment between organization and technology and should be taken explicitly into account when reforming …

's performance, and of the influence of organizational context on ambidexterity. The present research tests whether organizational … combining exploration innovation and exploitation innovation should adopt long-term practices that favor risk taking and …, firms that simultaneously pursue exploitation and exploration activities should carefully consider how they combine …

Organizations often launch exploration projects (EP) aiming at developing innovative products (or services) by the … exploration of new technologies, users, ecosystems or business models. Because a fundamental purpose of any project is to create … uncertainties for managing creative projects. Indeed, because exploration projects precisely aim to invent products (or services …

.e. exploration projects for which neither technologies nor customer requirements are known at the start of the project. We will show …