|
Showing 1 - 11 of
11 matches in All Departments
Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and
implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of
activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to
set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and,
in some cases, to change their research system and administrative
culture. Foresight has been used as a set of technical tools, or as
a way to encourage more structured debate with wider participation
leading to the shared understanding of long-term issues. In this
comprehensive and critical Handbook, cross-cutting analytical
chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, common
approaches and methods, organisational issues, and the scope for
policy transfer and evaluation. Leading experts and practitioners
contribute chapters analysing experiences in France, Germany, the
United Kingdom, the USA, Japan, China, Latin America, small
European nations, Nordic countries and selected developing
countries. The book concludes with consideration of the future of
foresight itself. This fascinating Handbook will appeal equally to
those wishing to apply foresight to their policy or strategy-making
activities, and to those studying the theory and practice of
foresight. The Handbook will be vital reading for policymakers
considering, commissioning, or using foresight, companies eager to
use public foresight, as well as academics and researchers in
foresight, futures and STI policy and management communities.
Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and
implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of
activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to
set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and,
in some cases, to change their research system and administrative
culture. Foresight has been used as a set of technical tools, or as
a way to encourage more structured debate with wider participation
leading to the shared understanding of long-term issues. In this
comprehensive and critical Handbook, cross-cutting analytical
chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, common
approaches and methods, organisational issues, and the scope for
policy transfer and evaluation. Leading experts and practitioners
contribute chapters analysing experiences in France, Germany, the
United Kingdom, the USA, Japan, China, Latin America, small
European nations, Nordic countries and selected developing
countries. The book concludes with consideration of the future of
foresight itself. This fascinating Handbook will appeal equally to
those wishing to apply foresight to their policy or strategy-making
activities, and to those studying the theory and practice of
foresight. The Handbook will be vital reading for policymakers
considering, commissioning, or using foresight, companies eager to
use public foresight, as well as academics and researchers in
foresight, futures and STI policy and management communities.
|
The Swill (Paperback)
Michael Keenan Gutierrez
|
R476
R406
Discovery Miles 4 060
Save R70 (15%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
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.
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.
Drawing on papers from a January 1981 conference held by the
Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at New York
University, this work examines theoretical questions concerning
mergers and acquisitions, legal and social concerns, patterns of
mergers and acquisitions, and mergers in th
|
|