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Twenty years of technology and strategic roadmapping research: a school of thought perspective
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posted on 2023-06-09, 21:36 authored by Hyun Kyu Park, Rob Phaal, Jae-Yun Ho, Eoin O'SullivanTwo decades ago the thirtieth-anniversary special issue of Technological Forecasting and Social Change correctly anticipated the widespread adoption of technology and strategic roadmapping at firm, sectoral and national levels. In this article, we explore the evolution of roadmapping studies since that time. Drawing on a mixed-methods approach (i.e. topic modelling, genealogical analysis, content analysis and interviews), we reveal the development of seven distinctive ‘schools of thought’: the Cambridge practical school, the Seoul school, the Portland and Bangkok schools, the Cambridge phenomenological school, the Beijing school and the Moscow school. We show that the schools differ in terms of (a) the research orientation, whether it be solution- or theory-oriented; (b) the research methods and data sources being used; and (c) the nature of contributions that each school seeks to achieve. The different areas of emphasis associated with each school are not competing but complementary, and together they develop the eclectic body of knowledge on roadmapping.
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Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeISSN
0040-1625Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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154Article number
a119965Department affiliated with
- Management Publications
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2020-09-17Usage metrics
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