Boavida, NFFG.
2017.
The role of indicators in decisions of technology innovation. , Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing
AbstractThere 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 what is known and what was discovered in a doctoral research, which analysed innovative business leaders, policymakers and public researchers responsible for technological innovations.
Moniz, AB, Okuwada K.
2016.
Technology Assessment in Japan and Europe. , Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing
AbstractThe goal of technology assessment (TA) is to lend support to society and policy making by promoting understanding of the problems related to the grand sociotechnical challenges of our time, as well as to assess the available options for managing them. Researchers from Japan and Europe reflected together in this book on country-specific developments to identify the conditions that must be present to anchor TA in science, politics, and society. This book helps us to learn about different cultures.