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Innovation management tools: implementing technology watch as a routine for adaptation

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Author

  • Jon Mikel Zabala

Summary, in English

Innovation management (IM) is a multidisciplinary field which has been growing for the past few decades. However, the management of innovation is often considered equivalent to technology management or the management of research and development. By focusing on a set of small-and medium-sized enterprises operating in a medium-high-tech industry, the paper intends to determine the characteristics of IM tools. In particular, we address one of these tools, technology watch (TW), and define a set of generic stages to introduce the most relevant roles for its implementation. TW consists of the systematic observation, analysis and use of technological information, allowing companies to be aware of their external environment and learn from it. Through the implementation of TW processes, companies are able to assess and adapt their current technological base and the fit of their internal competences to the signals coming from the external environment.

Department/s

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

1073-1089

Publication/Series

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

Volume

26

Issue

9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • innovation management
  • tools
  • implementation
  • technology watch
  • SME

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0953-7325