Thursday, January 15, 2015
new study of corporate foresight
The impact of corporate foresight on strategic decisions – a case of a European bank
Gómez Portaleoni, Claudio (2011)
Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham.
Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham.
| Abstract
In
increasingly competitive, complex and volatile environments, the urge
to fully understand the future and to thereby deduce insights for
strategic processes has - over the past decades - always been of great
interest to academics and practitioners. ... The
following thesis ... scrutinises corporate foresight and its impact on strategic decisions
in order to investigate how managers, organisations and the environment
influence the phenomenon and its manifestations. ...The research data is collected via formal and informal
interviews, document analyses and observations within a European bank
consisting of multiple business units and segments. ... corporate foresight manifests itself in numerous forms and
locations. .... manifold influences from
both the internal and external environment affect corporate foresight
and its impact on strategic decisions.... the integration
of corporate foresight into strategic decisions is not only specified by
the phenomenon's manifestation, but also by strategic decision-makers'
judgements regarding corporate foresight itself
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http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/1741/
Future of Cities
Despite lack of overall framework, lots of valuable material is appearing at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/future-of-cities#essays
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We live in a world that is rapidly urbanising and reurbanising. In the next 50 years, populations will grow, and the number of people in UK cities is predicted to increase. The UK has both an attractive environment for growth, and a large number of cities that want to take advantage of this potential for growth.
For this growth to be sustainable and to benefit all, we need to consider a number of themes, including leadership, finance, and liveability. The project will consider these issues, providing evidence to help policy makers ensure that UK cites are:
"
We live in a world that is rapidly urbanising and reurbanising. In the next 50 years, populations will grow, and the number of people in UK cities is predicted to increase. The UK has both an attractive environment for growth, and a large number of cities that want to take advantage of this potential for growth.
For this growth to be sustainable and to benefit all, we need to consider a number of themes, including leadership, finance, and liveability. The project will consider these issues, providing evidence to help policy makers ensure that UK cites are:
- well led and managed, providing the best services, quality of life, economies and jobs
- attractive, ensuring that UK cities have a reputation as great places to live, work and play
- smart, clean and green, so that growth and development occurs in ways that will protect the environment and improve health and wellbeing for everyone
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
UK Horizon Scanning updates (December 2014 publication - rather well-hidden)
Horizon scanning research papers
These research papers explore how a particular issue might affect different areas of policy.
The papers are produced by the Horizon Scanning Programme Team.
Documents
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Emerging economies: demographic change
- 18 December 2014
- Research and analysis
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Emerging technologies: big data
- 18 December 2014
- Research and analysis
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Resource nationalism
- 18 December 2014
- Research and analysis
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Social attitudes of young people
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
Strategic Prospectives, Strategic Foresight, Foresight
Strategic Foresight for Corporate and Regional Development is the
English version of the recently revised and enhanced French edition of
La prospective stratégique pour les entreprises et les territoires by
Michel Godet and Philippe Durance
http://en.laprospective.fr/books.html
http://en.laprospective.fr/books.html
Language | Title | Contents | Full Text |
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English | Strategic Foresight | Download | |
Portuguese | A prospectiva estratégica | Baixar | |
Chinese | 战略展望学 | 下载 | |
Arab | الاستشراف الاستراتيجي للمؤسسات والأقاليم | تنزيل | |
German | Strategische Vorausschau | Herunterladen | |
Spaniard | La prospectiva estratégica | Descarga |