Category Archives: Theory
WikiProject “Futures studies”
Recently Wikipedia has launched a new initiative to provide a framework for improvement and organization of future-related articles. This is a good sign that ‘foresight’ and ‘future orientation’-knowledge is becoming more interesting for the general audience and it is also … Continue reading
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The raise of corporate foresight?
Recently our paper “Corporate Foresight: Its Three Roles in Enhancing the Innovation Capacity of a Firm” has made it into the Most Read list of the Technological Forecasting and Social Change journal. This listing came as a surprise to me … Continue reading
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Disruption: What’s in a name?
One prominent theme in the field of organizational future orientation is the concept of disruptions. Generally understood as discontinuities in the external environment that shake up the marketplace and put incumbents at unease, the term particularly rose to prominence in the … Continue reading
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Tagged disruptive innovation, Environmental Scanning, Innovation Management
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Journal rankings – a guide to the quality of scientific publication outlets
As scholars we are often confronted by the need to judge the quality of journals. There have been many attempts to establish rankings. Today we would like to share our top six links for judging the quality of scientific journals: … Continue reading
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How is foresight adding value to strategic planning
I have recently come across a nice blog article from Maree Conway, who addresses the topic of value creation of corporate foresight, which we have also discussed in the past. Maree concludes that there are 6 ways in which value … Continue reading
