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International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

 

Special Issue on: “From Technology Roadmapping to Operational Innovation Planning”

Guest Editors: Professor Martin G Möhrle and PD Ralf Isenmann, University of Bremen, Germany

In the 30 years since technology roadmapping first became a topic of broader interest in academia, business, and administration, it has rapidly evolved to a valuable technique for addressing risk and uncertainty in strategic technology management. In contrast to frameworks and concepts proposed in the literature and to many applications in various industries, however, technology roadmapping is rather used as a standalone technique, as yet. While roadmapping seems to become part of technology management affairs, at least to certain extent, interaction with corresponding methods in technology and innovation management are of greater importance today; in particular, linkages with other instruments and tools of operational innovation planning need to be developed and established.

The goal of this special issue is to investigate and describe how technology roadmapping can be linked successfully with other methods, instruments, and tools in technology and innovation management, to finally advance its use to operational innovation planning and to support managerial decision-making in a proper manner.

Subject Coverage
We are looking forward to receiving contributions including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Technology management
• Innovation management
• R&D and/or project management
• Technology roadmapping
• Portfolio management
• Balanced scorecard concepts
• Quality function deployment
• Scenario planning
• Cost analysis
• Controlling and decision-making processes

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Deadline for Paper Submissions: 31 March 2007

Review Deadline: 30 June 2007

Notification of Acceptance: 31 July 2007

Deadline for Revised Papers: 31 October 2007

Final Decisions: 15 December 2007