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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.

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

http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/1741/


Future of Cities 

Despite lack of overall framework, lots of valuable material is appearing at

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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:
  • 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
This project is identifying the opportunities and challenges UK cities will face in the future, which cities need to embrace in order to be resilient, adaptable and thrive.

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

  1. Emerging economies: demographic change

    • 18 December 2014
    • Research and analysis
  2. Emerging technologies: big data

    • 18 December 2014
    • Research and analysis
  3. Resource nationalism

    • 18 December 2014
    • Research and analysis
  4. 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

Language Title Contents Full Text
English Strategic Foresight
 
Strategic Foresight
Download
Portuguese A prospectiva estratégica
 
A prospectiva estratégica
Baixar
Chinese 战略展望学
 
战略展望学
下载
Arab الاستشراف الاستراتيجي للمؤسسات والأقاليم
 
الاستشراف الاستراتيجي للمؤسسات والأقاليم
تنزيل
German Strategische Vorausschau
 
Strategische Vorausschau
Herunterladen
Spaniard La prospectiva estratégica
 
La prospectiva estratégica
Descarga

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