Using technology scouting tools for increase of conversion from primary source ideas into technology pilots

Introduction. Various scouting tools are used for finding technological solutions. The selection of the most appropriate tools depends on the ultimate search goals and used sources of information.

Aim. To evaluate an efficiency and suggest the directions for the development of the main types of technology scouting tools.

Materials and methods. The article proposes an existing tools classification, detailed examples of each type application analysis, and numerical performance indicators.

Results. The combination of active searching tools has the highest conversion of adopted ideas into verifiable technologies. The tools for passive task publication and concomitant collecting proposals have a relatively low conversion rate.

Conclusion. Conclusions are made for the effectiveness of the tested tools and directions for the scouting development.

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