A brief history of the future of manufacturing: US manufacturing technology forecasts in retrospective, 1950-present
| Title: | A brief history of the future of manufacturing: US manufacturing technology forecasts in retrospective, 1950-present |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Publication Date: | July 2007 |
| Published In: | International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy |
| Description: | This paper reviews the manufacturing technology forecasts made over the last five decades relative to the realisation of these predictions. Predictions as to how technology will evolve in future periods have had mixed records of fulfilment. Some manufacturing technologies have not fulfilled expectations (e.g. integration technologies in the 1980s) whereas others have greatly exceeded expected adoption rates (e.g. the internet in the 1990s). Moreover, technology forecasts did not occur in a vacuum; they were always conjoined with projections about how to manage these technologies, global responses to these technologies, and the impact they will have on employment and skill. Copyright © 2007 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. |
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| Citation: | International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy. 3. Issue 3. 311 - 331. ISSN 1740-2816. |
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