Technology roadmapping architecture based on technological learning: Case study of social banking in Iran

- Learning-based technology roadmap has three main layers including TC context, TC capture and TC creation and therefore the level of TCs will be key determinant in direction of technology development (TC = Technological Capabilities)
- There is an emphasis on challenges rather than opportunities In TC context layer of learning-based roadmap
- The content of TC capture layer in learning-based roadmap is determined according to catch up strategy
- TC creation often start with import/localization/change of mature technologies according to level of TCs and catch up strategy

Technology roadmapping is a planning tool that plays a key role in technology, innovation and R&D decisions in range of business, industry and national levels and shows the path for development of required skills. As technology development engine in late industrialized countries is technological learning rather than innovation, we observe that the considerations and requirements of technology development in developing countries have been neglected in current published literature on technology roadmaps. In this paper, by introducing technological learning as an appropriate analysis level for technology roadmapping in developing countries, the main components of technological learning including technological capabilities (TCs) and catch up strategy have been identified and efforts have been made to integrate these components in the ordinary technology roadmap architectures and thereby introduce an appropriate architecture for industries in developing countries. Finally to validate the proposed architecture, technology roadmapping is applied for social banking in Iran based on the architecture.