Recent publications
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, forthcoming.
Rohrbeck, R., L. Konnertz and S. Knab 2013 Collaborative Business Modelling for Systemic and Sustainability Innovations. International Journal of Technology Management, forthcoming..
Rohrbeck, R. and P. Kallehave 2012 The Role of Corporate Foresight in Promoting Sustainability. In: UN Global Compact International Yearbook.
Rohrbeck, R. 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.
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Author Archives: René Rohrbeck
Doctoral Summer School, 16-20 September 2013, Potsdam Germany
There are 14 days left to register for the 23rd EIASM Doctoral Summer School for Technology Management. The summer schools will feature presentations from international journal editors and intensive discussions and work sessions. It is thus an ideal opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Foresight, Innovation Management, Technology Management
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Corporate Foresight for Innovation survey launched
Today we launched our new Corporate Foresight for Innovation survey, which we run as a collaborative project between the University of Groningen and Aarhus University. For the current survey we seek firms that have introduced at least three product and/or … Continue reading
How scenario planning changed corporate strategy
In their recent article in the Harvard Business Review Angela Wilkinson and Roland Kupers take us on a enjoyable and educational time travel to the early days of corporate scenario planning. Having both worked for Shell they share how the globally … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Foresight, scenario planning
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Collaborative Business Modeling for Systemic and Sustainability Innovations
In a recent article we discuss how the development of systemic innovations can be facilitated through collaborative business modeling (CBM). We argue that tackling the challenge to develop systemic innovation is particularly relevant for sustainability innovations. We define such sustainability … Continue reading
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Tagged business field exploration, business model, business modeling
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New evidence on the value contribution of corporate foresight
In a recent article we report on the results of a survey among 77 large multinational companies. We were interested to investigate which value firms get out of their corporate foresight activities. We differentiated 13 items along four dimensions: enhanced … Continue reading