@article{MAKHILLJEAS2017122114971,
    title = {A Proposal for a Technological Surveillance Unit Aimed at
Regional Competitiveness},
    journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},
    volume = {12},
    number = {21},
    pages = {5566-5571},
    year = {2017},
    issn = {1816-949x},
    doi = {jeasci.2017.5566.5571},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2017.5566.5571},
    author = {Luty,Ewis and},
    keywords = {Technological surveillance,competitive intelligence,innovation,technology management,competitiveness,business intelligence},
    abstract = {Knowing and monitoring the market environment and global technological trends can contribute to
better decision making in competitive intelligence. This research proposes the design of a technological
surveillance unit for the construction materials sector of the department of Sucre, Colombia, through the
identification of technological gaps and reference models. The research was developed methodologically
through the development of a theoretical framework for reviewing scientific literature, diagnosis and
identification of technological gaps in the sector and subsectors through semi-structured interviews and direct
observation, the design of the surveillance unit through the needs captured from the sector and a proposal of
structure and governance for the actors involved in the process. An intentional sample of 21 companies from
the different subsectors of the construction materials sector was taken, revealing as results technological gaps
in each of them and absence of R&D&I processes in most organizations.}
    }