![]() ![]() It presents and discusses an integrated methodological approach for a TF study, specially designed for the purpose of this Brazilian innovation policy instrument, concerning three emerging technologies - nanotechnology, biotechnology, and information and communication technologies (ICT). This paper is concerned with a methodological instrument adopted in Brazil as support for building the Agenda for a National Innovation Initiative (NII), which was articulated by government, universities, R&D institutions, and private firms. Specially designed for enabling better planning and future decisions, technology foresight (TF) methods are used to foresee diffusion of innovations, mapping out commercially viable roadmaps for technological development. In many cases, these technologies will determine the restructuring of industries as never before. ![]() Emerging technologies have been shaping the future of some industries and transforming many others. e-mail: studies about emerging technologies and their implications for public policy formulation indicate critical choices ranging from global to national level, even to the individual firm or institution. e-mail: Department Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio. ![]() Centro, Rio de Janeiro 20040-020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. e-mail: Masters Program in Business Economics and Management Candido Mendes University Rua da Assembleia, 10, 3° andar, sala 319. Maria Fatima Ludovico de Almeida 1, Carlos Augusto Caldas de Moraes 2, Maria Angela Campelo de Melo 3ġ Center for Science and Technology Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio Rua Marquês de Sâo Vicente, 225. Technology Foresight on Emerging Technologies: Implications for a National Innovation Initiative in Brazil ![]()
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