Future-Oriented Technology Analysis

Strategic Intelligence for an Innovative Economy
2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-68809-9
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

The application of foresight to address the challenges of uncertainty and rapid change has grown dramatically in the past decade. In that period, the techniques have been greatly refined and the scope has been broadened to encompass future-oriented technology analysis (FTA) and more recently, the concept and practice of strategic intelligence. FTA addresses directly the longer-term future through the active and continuous development of visions, and pathways to realise these visions. It is increasingly seen as a valuable management and policy tool complementing, and extending further into the future, classical strategy, planning, and decision-making approaches. This book charts the development of FTA and provides the first coherent description and analysis of its practical application and impact in the worlds of business, government, education and research in both advanced and developing countries. It draws on papers addressing the application of FTA around the globe which were presented at the Second International Seville Seminar in September 2006. The insights and practical experience will be invaluable for company managers, government ministers and officials, researchers and academics with responsibilities for effective planning and decision-making in an increasingly turbulent and unpredictable world.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cagnin, Cristiano

Keenan, Michael

Barré, Rémi

Johnston, Ron

Scapolo, Fabiana

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffkunde, Materialwissenschaft: Forschungsmethoden
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Ingenieurwissenschaftliches Knowhow
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FTA in Context.- Positioning Future-Oriented Technology Analysis.- Historical Review of the Development of Future-Oriented Technology Analysis.- Fitting Future-Oriented Technology Analysis Methods to Study Types.- Revisiting Foresight Rationales: What Lessons from the Social Sciences and Humanities?.- Monstrous Foresight.- FTA Applications.- Technology Foresight as Innovation Policy Instrument: Learning from Science and Technology Studies.- Strategic Intelligence in Decision Making.- Corporate Foresight.- The Higher Education Sector and its Role in Research: Status and Impact of International Future-Oriented Technology Analysis.- Applying FTA Methods in Latin American Countries.- FTA Futures.- New Methodological Developments in FTA.- Future-Oriented Technology Analysis: Future Directions.