NDLI: Technology Evaluation under Information Inadequacy

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Romito, C. Probert, D. Farrukh, C.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Cambridge Univ., Cambridge (Romito, C.; Probert, D.; Farrukh, C.)
Abstract	Assessing the benefits of a new technology can be a foremost concern for managers in technologically-intensive companies. Increasingly, technological complexity is combined with higher uncertainty (market and technology) and often decreasing budgets. This is particularly true in the case of converging technologies where markets have yet to fully emerge. The result is a need for ever more efficient resource allocation, particularly concerning the choice of R&D projects. In recent years progress has been made on techniques and methods to assess and value technological assets. Unfortunately, many of these require good estimations of future market conditions. However, the time required for technology development means that investment decisions typically have to be made when future market conditions are still uncertain. This paper is part of ongoing research that seeks to understand which technology valuation techniques perform best in the presence of ambiguity, complexity and imperfect or even absent information. Preliminary results are presented for the effectiveness of a technique for the structuring and manipulation of existing knowledge and thoughts (value roadmapping - an exploratory/divergent form of technology roadmapping).
Starting Page	1672
Ending Page	1679
File Size	2004150
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781890843151
DOI	10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349492
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-08-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	PICMET
Subject Keyword	Investments Uncertainty Resource management Technology management Manufacturing Research and development Cost accounting Ontologies Material properties Humans
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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