The role of indicators in decisions of technology innovation

• Hoofdauteur: Boavida, Nuno F. F. G. (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: KIT Scientific Publishing 2017
• Onderwerpen: Technology: general issues; evidence; Technology innovation; indicators; Technologieinnovation; Indikatoren; Entscheidung fällen; decision-making; Technikfolgenabschätzung; technology assessment; Politikgestaltung; Beweis; policy-making
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There are thousands of indicators produced to understand and govern our societies. Studies about the way indicators are used in technological innovation are significantly rare, despite the centrality of these decisions to promote growth in our technology-intensive civilization. This book presents wh...