TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Proposal for a Technological Surveillance Unit Aimed at
Regional Competitiveness
AU - Gomezcaceres Perez, Luty AU - Romero Dominguez, Ewis AU - Ovallos-Gazabon, David 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 21
SP  - 5566
EP  - 5571
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.5566.5571
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.5566.5571
KW  - Technological surveillance
KW  -competitive intelligence
KW  -innovation
KW  -technology management
KW  -competitiveness
KW  -business intelligence
AB  - 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.
ER  -