With the acceleration of technological change, however, there is a need for Technology Foresight to enter the agenda of SMEs, as well as of public organizations that are less resource-rich than governments, such as municipalities, hospitals, or civic communities.
Important components of this framework include: a) the speed and acceleration of technological innovation, and b) the linear and non-linear interactions between technology producers and users (technology and market push and pull mechanisms).
Globalization of markets and acceleration of technological change had made doing business more complicated.
Key concept: The network economy, the acceleration of technological innovation and rampant globalization are setting the stage for a 20- to 30-year period of global prosperity with new economic rules.
The productivity puzzle that began in the 1970s persists, thanks to the apparent fizzle in productivity growth since the internet boomlet of 1996-2004 and despite what looks to many like an ongoing acceleration in technological discovery.
An acceleration in technological innovation, coupled with a huge increase in worldwide liquidity in recent years, could fuel more growth.
This process, the acceleration of technological capability, is known as Moore's law - and it has meant that since the late 1800s, the rates of technology adoption and diffusion into society have kept getting faster.
One important requirement for these transitions, such as the move towards a decarbonized energy system, is the redirection and acceleration of technological change, for which policies play a key role.
How important is creativity in work? A. Creativity is vital, particularly today, given the acceleration in technological progress and global competition.
Moreover, the rapid acceleration of technological development threatens to put nuclear weapons, and many other weapons of similar destructiveness, into the hands of a growing circle of nations (and potentially even of "non-state actors").
