テクノロジー・インテリジェンス(<特集>戦略的意志決定とインテリジェンス)

抄録

This paper provides an introductory description of the concept of technology intelligence, a concept rather new to many readers, along with its applications to focusing of technological development and identification of new business areas. Since the establishment of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) in the U.S. in 1986, many research works, including applications in actual enterprises, have been published. Japanese studies on technological strategy seem, in contrast, to fail to fully appreciate intelligence activity in enterprises. While being accepted as one of the most important areas of technology management, technology intelligence is understood somewhat differently in the U.S. and Europe: the Americans focus on the logic and methodologies for winning in competition; the Europeans emphasize creative actions for the development of new technologies and products. The author reviews studies in the area in the U.S. and Europe, expecting that this information serves as a starting point for technology intelligence studies in Japan.