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Focus Areas of a Technology Audit
A technology audit must make it possible to
characterize the needs of an enterprise
related to innovation from different points
of view:
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Technology vision and
core competencies of the company, its
capabilities, and its
sustainable competitive advantage
▪ Corporate
resources that ensure
competitive and
sustainable growth
▪ Core and supplementary technological
assets
▪ General problems (productivity, quality,
processes, environment, flexibility,
customer success) that require
innovative solutions
▪ Means and
technology transfer such as
licensing,
co-innovation,
joint venture, joint technology
development,
contract research, training,
intellectual property rights, and
financing
▪ Sources of technology and channels of
innovation that can be tapped: in-house
capabilities,
trend-setting innovation centers, R&D
laboratories,
universities, other companies,
customers, suppliers. |
