Title: Research and development progress assessment through technological and scientific intelligence

Authors: Tugrul U. Daim, Nathasit Gerdsri

Addresses: Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA. ' College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

Abstract: It is critical for Research and Development (R&D)-driven organisations to have access to intelligence on the progress of the research in universities and public or private laboratories as well as on the status of their competitors. This paper introduces three concepts: time lag between different scientific indicators, visual correlation between scientific indicators and actual technology performance and finally an activity metric for assessment of competition between an existing and an emerging technology. The results indicate that the introduced concepts, which are based on the bibliometric and patent analysis approaches, allow researchers to generate intelligence on emerging technologies and innovations supported by the wealth of today|s public electronic information database.

Keywords: R&D management; technology management; technology forecasting; bibliometrics; patent analysis; interconnect technologies; research and development; technology intelligence; scientific intelligence; scientific indicators; technology performance; emerging technologies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2009.029374

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 2009 Vol.5 No.4, pp.341 - 356

Published online: 28 Nov 2009 *

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