1. Introduction: 21st Century Foresight -- Part I: Introduction to Foresight For Science, Technology and Innovation -- 2. Foresight in the 21st Century & Methodological Advancements -- 3. Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: Relevance and Uses for Emerging Economies -- 4....

1 Introduction -- 2 Foresight for STI - What and Why -- 3 Initiation-Scoping and Managing ForSTI -- 4 Interaction - Participation and Recruitment -- 5 Intelligence - Environmental and Horizon Scanning -- 6 Intelligence - Delphi -- 7 Imagination - Scenarios and Alternative Futures -- 8...

The paper discusses technology platforms as an instrument of science, technology and innovation policy in light of their use in industrial R&D. The authors assert that the technology platforms approach as a policy concept reflects special organizational and institutional features learned from...

Patent data provide a rich set of information which can be used for comparative studies and trend analysis. The paper presents a systematic overview of the most appropriate tools methodologies that are available for determining the technological specialization of countries. Such analysis...