@article{9ed22fc46a18423297403ffd25ce5278,
title = "Towards a scale for measuring technology in new product innovations",
abstract = "There are many uses for an operational scale that measures technologies. This paper describes the development of such a scale. It is an important potential tool for project selection, investment choice decision making, organizing new product developments and managing innovation processes.",
author = "Souder, {William E.} and Paul Shrivastava",
note = "Funding Information: {"}Technology{"} is a key consideration in the successful forecasting and management of new product development and innovation processes. Research indicates that it is essential to accommodate the management and organizational methods to the technologies underlying these processes \[1-4\]. The measurement of technology, and hence our understanding of it, remain elusive. We can't begin to make decisions about {"}technology{"} until we understand it. And we can't begin to really understand it until we can measure it. This paper describes an empirically derived scale for measuring the characteristics of technologies * This work was funded by National Science Foundation grant 79-12927 (Division of Industrial Science and Techno-logical Innovation) to the Technology Management Studies Group, University of Pittsburgh. The statements herein are the authors' and they do not necessarily reflect any policies or statements of the National Science Foundation.",
year = "1985",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/0048-7333(85)90013-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "14",
pages = "151--160",
journal = "Research Policy",
issn = "0048-7333",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "3",
}