Com panies are looking for Technology Foresight (TF) models to focus strategy and innovation management. This paper establishes an "implementation" gap in TF practices based on empirical research in multinational companies in Europe and Japan. The "implementation" gap refers to the neglected use of TF results in strategy and innovation management. Thus the paper suggests a TF model focusing on guiding ideas for a structured approach to eliminate this "implementation" gap. Concepts of "backcasting", "functionalities" and "bottleneck technologies" are introduced to set priorities in the foresight process.