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Five Modern Lessons from a 55‐Year‐Old Technological Forecast
Author(s) -
Schnaars Steven P.,
Chia Swee L.,
Maloles Cesar M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of product innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1540-5885
pISSN - 0737-6782
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5885.1010066
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , regional science , political science , business , geography , philosophy , linguistics
The first comprehensive forecast of technological trends and social implications by the U.S. government was published by the National Resources Committee in 1937. It focused on 13 major innovations. In their article, Steven Schnaars, Swee Chia and Cesar Maloles examine the accuracy of those forecasts and draw some conclusions based on their review of that report.