Meet the author René Rohrbeck

I had my first exposure to Organizational Future Orientation through my work on corporate foresight and the technology radar at the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories.

Through discussions with other practitioners I understood that corporate foresight has yet to unleash its full potential to create value in a corporate context. Intrigued by this unused potential I engaged into a PhD project to develop a framework for measuring and enhancing the impact of corporate foresight. At the EDHEC Business School I am director of the Research Chair for Foresight, Innovation and Transformation. There we strive towards

Making organisations FIT to drive desirable futures for people, prosperity and planet.

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Recent publications

Spaniol, M, C. Bidmon, A. Holm and R. Rohrbeck 2019 Five Strategic Foresight Tools to Enhance Business Model Innovation Teaching. Journal of Business Models, 7, 1-12.

Schwarz, Jan Oliver, Ram, Camelia and R. Rohrbeck 2018 Combining scenario planning and business wargaming to better anticipate future competitive dynamics. Futures, 105, 133-142 press.

Jissink, Tymen, Schweitzer, Fiona and René Rohrbeck 2018 Forward-looking search during innovation projects: Under which conditions it impacts innovativeness. Technovation, 84, 71-85.

Rohrbeck, René et al. 2018 Corporate Foresight Benchmarking Report 2018: How leading firms build a superior position in markets of the future. Strategic Foresight Research Network, Aarhus BSS.

Rohrbeck, René & Menes E. Kum 2018 Corporate foresight and its impact on firm performance: A longitudinal analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 129, 105-116.

Højland, J. & R. Rohrbeck 2018 The role of corporate foresight in exploring new markets: evidence from 3 case studies in the BOP markets. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 30(06), 734-746.

Kaulio, M., K. Thorén & R. Rohrbeck 2017 Double ambidexterity: How a Telco incumbent used business-model and technology innovations to successfully respond to three major disruption. Creativity and Innovation Management, 26(4), 339-352.

Moqaddamerad, S., P. Ahokangas, M. Matinmikko, & R. Rohrbeck 2017 Using Scenario-based Business Modelling to Explore the 5G Telecommunication Market. Journal of Futures Studies, 22(1), 1-18.

Lehr, T., U. Lorenz, M. Willert, & R. Rohrbeck 2017 Scenario-based strategising: Advancing the applicability in strategists’ teams. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 124, pp. 214-224.

Rohrbeck, R., C. Battistella and Eelko K.R.E. Huizingh 2015 Corporate Foresight: An Emerging Field with a Rich Tradition. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 101, pp. 1-9.

Rohrbeck, R., N. Thom and H.M. Arnold 2013 IT Tools for Foresight: The Integrated Insight and Response System of Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 97(8), pp. 115-126.

Rohrbeck, R. and J. O. Schwarz 2013 The Value Contribution of Strategic Foresight: Insights from an Empirical Study on Large European Companies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80(8), pp. 1593-1606.

Rohrbeck, R., L. Konnertz and S. Knab 2013 Collaborative Business Modelling for Systemic and Sustainability Innovations. International Journal of Technology Management, 63(1/2), pp. 4-23.

Rohrbeck, R. and P. Kallehave 2012 The Role of Corporate Foresight in Promoting Sustainability. In: UN Global Compact International Yearbook, United Nations, June 2012, pp. 184-188.

Rohrbeck, René 2012 Exploring Value Creation from Corporate-Foresight Activities. Futures, , 44(5), 440-452.

Heger, T. and R. Rohrbeck 2012 Strategic Foresight for Collaborative Exploration of New Business Fields. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 79(5), 819-831.

Rohrbeck, R. 2010. Corporate Foresight: Towards a Maturity Model for the Future Orientation of a Firm. Heidelberg and New York: Physica-Verlag, Springer.