FORECASTING MODEL TO AID RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Among the resistance that corporations have against using technological forecasts are that most models make use of methods that are too complex, require too many data, and are too time consuming and costly to operate. Here is presented a simple but practical model for a fictitious company which indicates that this appraisal technique can greatly aid such a companys planning, evaluation and decision making processes.

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  Iliffe-NTP Incorporated

  300 East 42nd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • CETRON, MARVIN J
  • Barthocha, B
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 479-487
• Serial:
  • Futures
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0016-3287

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Project management; Research management; Resource development and utilization; Technological forecasting
• Old TRIS Terms: R and d priorities; Resource scheduling
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005551
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1973 12:00AM