Volume : 2, Issue : 8, August - 2013

Determining the Effect of Technology Monitoring on Moving towards Knowledge–based Economy

Nafiseh Rezaeenik, Dr. Reza Radfar, Dr. Zahra Amirhoseini

Abstract :

In the competitive environment of these days, technologies have become ever more important. This fact has encouraged the economic firms to do further studies and spend tremendously to do technology monitoring. One of the obligations of technology monitoring units is the identification of emerging technologies and monitoring the evolution of existing technologies of the world. The method of this study is descriptive. All the activities within this study follow the same method and consist of different trends. This research is an interpretation of what exists and pays particular attention to existing relations, prevailing beliefs, or current processes. The aim of this research is to explore the effect of technology monitoring on directing toward knowledge–based economy. The methods of data collection consist of interview, observation, and study. This research has a new approach due to its particular attention to technology monitoring units in generating intellectual assets and innovation. The result of this research shows that variables of the speed of generating knowledge, competition at international level, responding to changes in demands, creating contexts for generating knowledge, strategy, and missions of firms, directly affect the development of knowledge–based economy