Purpose – There has not been a technology assessment study conducted that can be found publicly that created the energy policies of France and Germany – which are two nations that represent the vast extremes of national energy mix in Europe. This paper aims to use objective data to reverse...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the important product features that are to be included in smart grid devices. This will help the decision makers to prioritize the product feature implementations. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a quantitative approach to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess effective integration of two emerging technologies, new emerging opportunities for them and their diffusion in China. Design/methodology/approach – A multi‐perspective analysis and causal models were developed to assess the emerging...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a multiple‐perspective model for technology assessment, apply it to mobile broadband technologies selection in China and give recommendations based on the assessment results. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple‐perspective model for...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to identify the reasons behind the recent issues of Chinese manufacturing quality. This paper aims to discuss the influence of American managers as well as Chinese business cultural effects on Chinese manufacturing quality. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Chinese pharmaceutical sector through three levels: policy level, enterprise level, and technology level. Design/methodology/approach – The authors explore the environmental impacts, which include political, social, and economic factors,...

We present a series of two special issues with selected papers from PICMET (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) conferences held in 2005 and 2006. These issues focus on the path of emerging technologies from planning phase into innovation phase. This issue...

Technological innovation is used by many companies as a means of sustaining their competitive advantage. The environments in which this innovation occurs is usually uncertain, therefore, many companies perform technological forecasting in association with their technological innovation...