Abstract
MOT (management of technology) led by government aims at improving the industrial competitiveness in Japan. With the rapid progress in science and technology, increasing diversity of society and globalization, existing management practices, especially those Japanese companies proud of during incremental innovation, may not be suitable enough for discrete innovation as well as sustaining competitive advantage. For generating new product concept, better forecasting future trends, new approach is needed. Thus, in this paper, roadmapping technique, which was developed in industry and has undergone shifts from simple forecasting to technology planning and to technology management, is introduced in Japan's MOT context as a strategic approach.
