TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AS PART OF STRATEGIC-PLANNING - SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS

During the past years R&D management has been broadened into technolog y management, and the fruitfulness of its integration into strategic m anagement has become clear, Empirical research has shown that R&D cont ributes relatively more to conventional output measures of firms that capital, and might therefore be expanded. However, whether its strateg ic direction should be aligned with that of other business functions i s less than clear. Better information, including competitor technologi cal intelligence information, is needed to better support strategic de cisions.