“…(Saviz & Blum, 2002) Environmental Scanning (B.L.& Monterde, 2015) External Search (Dong & Netten, 2017) Future Studies (Porter & Cunningham, 2005) Futures Research (Porter & Cunningham, 2005). Horizon Scanning (Ricciardi et al, 2017;Douw et al, 2006) Opportunities Analysis (Porter & Cunningham, 2005) Scanning Method (Honda et al, 2017) Scenario Analysis (Rohrbeck, 2013) Scenario Foresight (Boe-Lillegraven & Monterde, 2015) Scenario Planning (Boe-Lillegraven & Monterde, 2015) Strategic Analysis (Iden et al, 2017) Technology Assessment (Porter & Cunningham, 2005) Technology Mapping (Halicka, 2017) Technology Monitoring (Yan & Cai, 2011) Technology Opportunity Analysis Technology Opportunity Discovery Technology Radar (Rohrbeck et al, 2006) Technology Roadmapping (Gudanowska, 2014) Technology Scanning (Yan & Cai, 2011) Technology Scouting (Rohrbeck, 2007) Technology Search (Greitemann et al, 2017) Technology Seeking (Yan & Cai, 2011) Technology Watch (Yan & Cai, 2011) Trend Extrapolation (Rohrbeck, 2013) Trend Radar (Durst & Durst, 2016) Table 2 offers explanations for most of the methods, however some conflicts in the literature exist related to these definitions, and some methods cannot be separated from another based on this table. These conflicts and differences are further explained.…”