CaTI
CaTI stands for Computer assisted Technology Intelligence and is a software developed at the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management at the FernUniversität in Hagen. The goal of the CaTI software is to create software-supported technology forecasts.
It was created as a prototypical implementation of the approaches of Adjogble in [1]. Since then, it has been continuously extended as part of theses written by students at the chair of Technology and Innovation Management.
Technology intelligence
The research area of technology intelligence deals with activities that support companies and organizations in making decisions regarding technologies [3][4][5]. The goal is to identify opportunities and risks at an early stage and to react to them.
Lichtenthaler names several sub-areas of research in [4], including technology forecasting, technology scanning, and technology monitoring. The author defines technology scanning as the undirected search for new technologies, and monitoring as the directed search. Technology forecasting, on the other hand, attempts to anticipate future developments on the basis of collected data [2].
References
[1] Komi Lolonyo Adjogble. „Technology Intelligence durch DataEnvelopment Analysis, neuronale Netzwerkeund System Dynamics Methoden.“ German. PhD thesis. FernUniversität Hagen, Mar. 21, 2022
[2] Florian Albrecht. „Evaluation and Integration of Data Processing Techniques in the Context of Computer assisted Technology Intelligence.“ English. Master thesis. FernUniversität Hagen, 31.10.2023
[3] C.I.V. Kerr, L. Mortara, R. Phaal, and D.R. Probert. „A conceptual model for technology intelligence.“ In: International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning 2.1 (2006), pp. 73–93. doi: 10.1504/IJTIP. 2006 . 010511. eprint: https : / / www . inderscienceonline . com / doi / pdf/10.1504/IJTIP.2006.010511. url: https://www.inderscienceonline. com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJTIP.2006.010511.
[4] Eckhard Lichtenthaler. „Coordination of Technology Intelligence Processes: A Study in Technology Intensive Multinationals.“ In: Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 16.2 (2004), pp. 197–221. doi: 10. 1080 / 09537320410001682892. eprint: https : / / doi . org / 10 . 1080 / 09537320410001682892. url: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537320410001682892
[5] Pascal Savioz, Martin Luggen, and Hugo Tschirky. „Technology intelligence Structuring it into the new-technology-based firm ( NTBF ).“ In: Tech Monitor. 2003, pp. 41–46. doi: 69f5b6617939676b0867d3b51d3754c1e0c95482. url: https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:14280742