Technology scouting

Short description: Element of technology management

Template:Futures studies Technology scouting is an element of technology management in which

(1) emerging technologies are identified,
(2) technology related information is channeled into an organization, and
(3) supports the acquisition of technologies.[1][2]

It is a starting point of a long term and interactive matching process between external technologies and internal requirements of an existing organization for strategic purposes.[3] This matching may also be aided by technology roadmapping.[4] Technology scouting is also known to be part of competitive intelligence, which firms apply as a tool of competitive strategy.[5] It can also be regarded as a method of technology forecasting[6] or in the broader context also an element of corporate foresight.[7] Technology scouting may also be applied as an element of an open innovation approach.[8][9] Technology scouting is seen as an essential element of a modern technology management system.[10]

The technology scout is either an employee of the company or an external consultant who engages in boundary spanning processes to tap into novel knowledge and span internal boundaries.[11] They may be assigned part-time or full-time to the scouting task. The desired characteristics of a technology scout are similar to the characteristics associated with the technological gatekeeper. These characteristics include being a lateral thinker, knowledgeable in science and technology, respected inside the company, cross-disciplinary orientated, and imaginative personality.[1] Technology scouts would also often play a vital role in a formalised technology foresight process.[12]

## Contents

* 1 Case studies
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Scientific Journals

## Case studies

Documented case studies include:

Organization | Project | Year

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DZSF | "DZSF - Projekte - Voruntersuchung zu Gestaltung und Betrieb eines teilautomatisierten Technologiescouting-Systems"[13][14][15] | 2022
Deutsche Telekom | "Technology Scouting - a Case Study on the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories"[16] | 2007
Phonak | "Technology intelligence systems: practices and models for large, medium-sized and start-up companies"[17] | 2006
Novartis | "Organisation der Technology intelligence : eine empirische Untersuchung der Technologiefrühaufklärung in technologieintensiven Grossunternehmen"[18] | 2002
Elf Aquitaine | "Science and Technology Scouting at Elf Aquitaine"[6] | 1993

## See also

* Corporate Foresight
* Foresight (futures studies)
* Futurology
* Horizon scanning
* Scientific lacuna
* Strategic foresight
* Technology Management

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rohrbeck, René (2010-03-01). "Harnessing a network of experts for competitive advantage: technology scouting in the ICT industry" (in en). R&D Management 40 (2): 169–180. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00601.x. ISSN 1467-9310.
2. ↑ Wolff, Michael F. (1992). "Scouting for Technology". Research Technology Management 35 (2): 10–12.
3. ↑ Holzmann, Thomas; Sailer, Klaus; Galbraith, Brendan; Katzy, Bernhard R. (23 June 2014). "Matchmaking for open innovation – theoretical perspectives based on interaction, rather than transaction". Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 26 (6): 595–599. doi:10.1080/09537325.2014.913344.
4. ↑ Phaal, Robert; Farrukh, Clare J.P.; Probert, David R. (2004). "Technology roadmapping—A planning framework for evolution and revolution". Technological Forecasting and Social Change 71 (1–2): 5–26. doi:10.1016/s0040-1625(03)00072-6. Bibcode: 2004TFSC...71....5P.
5. ↑ Brenner, Merrill S. (1996-09-01). "Technology intelligence and technology scouting" (in en). Competitive Intelligence Review 7 (3): 20–27. doi:10.1002/cir.3880070306. ISSN 1520-6386.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bodelle, Jacques; Jablon, Claude (1993-09-01). "Science and Technology Scouting at Elf Aquitaine". Research-Technology Management 36 (5): 24–28. doi:10.1080/08956308.1993.11670924. ISSN 0895-6308.
7. ↑ Rohrbeck, Rene (2010) Corporate Foresight: Towards a Maturity Model for the Future Orientation of a Firm, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg and New York, ISBN 978-3-7908-2625-8
8. ↑ Spitsberg, Irene; Brahmandam, Sudhir; Verti, Michael J.; Coulston, George W. (2013-07-01). "Technology Landscape Mapping: At the Heart of Open Innovation". Research-Technology Management 56 (4): 27–35. doi:10.5437/08956308X5604107. ISSN 0895-6308.
9. ↑ Rohrbeck, René; Hölzle, Katharina; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2009-09-01). "Opening up for competitive advantage – How Deutsche Telekom creates an open innovation ecosystem" (in en). R&D Management 39 (4): 420–430. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00568.x. ISSN 1467-9310.
10. ↑ Edler, Jakob; Meyer-Krahmer, Frieder; Reger, Guido (2002-03-01). "Changes in the strategic management of technology: results of a global benchmarking study" (in en). R&D Management 32 (2): 149–164. doi:10.1111/1467-9310.00247. ISSN 1467-9310.
11. ↑ Klueter, Thomas; Monteiro, Felipe (2017-06-01). "How Does Performance Feedback Affect Boundary Spanning in Multinational Corporations? Insights from Technology Scouts" (in en). Journal of Management Studies 54 (4): 483–510. doi:10.1111/joms.12252. ISSN 1467-6486.
12. ↑ Reger, Guido (2001-12-01). "Technology Foresight in Companies: From an Indicator to a Network and Process Perspective". Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 13 (4): 533–553. doi:10.1080/09537320127286. ISSN 0953-7325.
13. ↑ Blumenthal, Frederick; Buder, Thomas; Löbling, Lisa; Sickenberger, Thorsten; Tagiew, Rustam; Tilly, Roman; Yao-Lakaschus, Phillip (2023). "Ein Technologie-Scouting-System für Recherche und Vernetzung im Schienenverkehrssektor". ETR – Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau 01-02. https://eurailpress-archiv.de/SingleView.aspx?show=4695274.
14. ↑ Tagiew, Rustam; Witzler, Sebastian; Portier, Martin (2022). "Towards Assessing Digital Technologies for the Future of Mobility" (in en). SSRN (Social Science Research Network). doi:10.2139/ssrn.4151745. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4151745.
15. ↑ Tagiew, Rustam; Tilly, Roman; Lobling, Lisa; Blumenthal, Frederick (2023). "Technology Scouting as Persuasive Technology". in Felix Nti Koranteng. 3474. CEUR-WS. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3474/paper16.pdf.
16. ↑ Rohrbeck, René (2007). "Technology Scouting - a Case Study on the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories". SSRN 1896150.
17. ↑ Savioz, Pascal (2006). "Technology intelligence systems: practices and models for large, medium-sized and start-up companies" (in en). International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning 2 (4): 360. doi:10.1504/ijtip.2006.011707.
18. ↑ Lichtenthaler, Eckhard Rainer Volker (2002). Organisation der Technology intelligence: eine empirische Untersuchung der Technologiefrühaufklärung in technologieintensiven Grossunternehmen (Thesis). Zürich: Verlag Industrielle Organisation. ISBN 978-3-85743-605-5. OCLC 52477904.

## Scientific Journals

* Technological Forecasting and Social Change
* Futures
* Futures & Foresight Science
* Foresight
* Journal of Futures Studies

* v
* t
* e

Emerging technologies

Fields|

| Agriculture|

* Agricultural robot
* Cellular agriculture
* Closed ecological systems
* Cultured meat
* Genetically modified food
* Precision agriculture
* Vertical farming

|

Architecture|

* Arcology
* Building printing
* Contour crafting
* Domed city

Biomedical|

* Artificial uterus
* Ampakine
* Brain transplant
* Cryonics
* Cryoprotectant
* Cryopreservation
* Vitrification
* Suspended animation
* De-extinction
* Genetic engineering
* Gene therapy
* Head transplant
* Isolated brain
* Life extension
* Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence
* Nanomedicine
* Nanosensors
* Organ printing
* Personalized medicine
* Regenerative medicine
* Stem-cell therapy
* Tissue engineering
* Robot-assisted surgery
* Synthetic biology
* Synthetic genomics
* Virotherapy
* Oncolytic virus
* Tricorder
* Whole genome sequencing

Displays|

| Next generation|

* FED
* FLCD
* iMoD
* Laser
* LPD
* OLED
* OLET
* QD-LED
* SED
* TPD
* TDEL
* TMOS
* MicroLED

|

Screenless|

* Bionic contact lens
* Head-mounted display
* Head-up display
* Optical head-mounted display
* Virtual retinal display

Other|

* Autostereoscopy
* Flexible display
* Holographic display
* Computer-generated holography
* Multi-primary color display
* Ultra HD
* Volumetric display

Electronics|

* Electronic nose
* E-textiles
* Flexible electronics
* Molecular electronics
* Nanoelectromechanical systems
* Memristor
* Spintronics
* Thermal copper pillar bump
* Twistronics

Energy|

| Production|

* Airborne wind turbine
* Artificial photosynthesis
* Biofuels
* Carbon-neutral fuel
* Concentrated solar power
* Fusion power
* Home fuel cell
* Hydrogen economy
* Methanol economy
* Molten salt reactor
* Nantenna
* Photovoltaic pavement
* Space-based solar power
* Vortex engine

|

Storage|

* Beltway battery
* Compressed air energy storage
* Flywheel energy storage
* Grid energy storage
* Lithium–air battery
* Molten-salt battery
* Nanowire battery
* Research in lithium-ion batteries
* Silicon–air battery
* Thermal energy storage
* Ultracapacitor

Other|

* Smart grid
* Wireless power

Information and
communications

* Ambient intelligence
* Internet of things
* Artificial intelligence
* Applications of artificial intelligence
* Progress in artificial intelligence
* Machine translation
* Mobile translation
* Machine vision
* Semantic Web
* Speech recognition
* Atomtronics
* Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor
* Cybermethodology
* Fourth-generation optical discs
* 3D optical data storage
* Holographic data storage
* GPGPU
* Memory
* CBRAM
* FRAM
* Millipede
* MRAM
* NRAM
* PRAM
* Racetrack memory
* RRAM
* SONOS
* Optical computing
* RFID
* Chipless RFID
* Software-defined radio
* Three-dimensional integrated circuit

Manufacturing|

* 3D printing
* Claytronics
* Molecular assembler
* Utility fog

Materials science|

* Aerogel
* Amorphous metal
* Artificial muscle
* Conductive polymer
* Femtotechnology
* Fullerene
* Graphene
* High-temperature superconductivity
* High-temperature superfluidity
* Linear acetylenic carbon
* Metamaterials
* Metamaterial cloaking
* Metal foam
* Multi-function structures
* Nanotechnology
* Carbon nanotubes
* Molecular nanotechnology
* Nanomaterials
* Picotechnology
* Programmable matter
* Quantum dots
* Silicene
* Superalloy
* Synthetic diamond

Military|

* Antimatter weapon
* Caseless ammunition
* Directed-energy weapon
* Laser
* Maser
* Particle-beam weapon
* Sonic weapon
* Coilgun
* Railgun
* Plasma weapon
* Pure fusion weapon
* Stealth technology
* Vortex ring gun

Neuroscience|

* Artificial brain
* Brain–computer interface
* Electroencephalography
* Mind uploading
* Brain-reading
* Neuroinformatics
* Neuroprosthetics
* Bionic eye
* Brain implant
* Exocortex
* Retinal implant

Quantum|

* Quantum algorithms
* Quantum amplifier
* Quantum bus
* Quantum channel
* Quantum circuit
* Quantum complexity theory
* Quantum computing
* Quantum cryptography
* Quantum dynamics
* Quantum electronics
* Quantum error correction
* Quantum imaging
* Quantum information
* Quantum key distribution
* Quantum logic
* Quantum logic gates
* Quantum machine
* Quantum machine learning
* Quantum metamaterial
* Quantum metrology
* Quantum network
* Quantum neural network
* Quantum optics
* Quantum programming
* Quantum sensing
* Quantum simulator
* Quantum teleportation

Robotics|

* Domotics
* Nanorobotics
* Powered exoskeleton
* Self-reconfiguring modular robot
* Swarm robotics
* Uncrewed vehicle

Space science|

| Launch|

* Fusion rocket
* Non-rocket spacelaunch
* Mass driver
* Orbital ring
* Skyhook
* Space elevator
* Space fountain
* Space tether
* Reusable launch system

|

Propulsion|

* Beam-powered propulsion
* Ion thruster
* Laser propulsion
* Plasma propulsion engine
* Helicon thruster
* VASIMR
* Nuclear pulse propulsion
* Solar sail

Other|

* Interstellar travel
* Propellant depot
* Laser communication in space

Transport|

| Aerial|

* Adaptive compliant wing
* Backpack helicopter
* Delivery drone
* Flying car
* High-altitude platform
* Jet pack
* Pulse detonation engine
* Scramjet
* Spaceplane
* Supersonic transport

|

Land|

* Airless tire
* Alternative fuel vehicle
* Hydrogen vehicle
* Driverless car
* Ground effect train
* Hyperloop
* Maglev train
* Personal rapid transit
* Transit Elevated Bus
* Vactrain
* Vehicular communication systems

Pipeline|

* Pneumatic transport
* Automated vacuum collection

Other|

* Anti-gravity
* Cloak of invisibility
* Digital scent technology
* Force field
* Plasma window
* Immersive virtual reality
* Magnetic refrigeration
* Phased-array optics

Topics|

* Collingridge dilemma
* Differential technological development
* Disruptive Innovation
* Ephemeralization
* Exploratory engineering
* Fictional technology
* Proactionary principle
* Technological change
* Technological unemployment
* Technological convergence
* Technological evolution
* Technological paradigm
* Technology forecasting
* Accelerating change
* Moore's law
* Technological singularity
* Technology scouting
* Technology readiness level
* Technology roadmap
* Transhumanism

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