On theory building in Foresight and Futures Studies: A discussion note

Öner, M. Atilla

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2010.08.026

Cited by 36 publications

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“…The theoretical underpinning has, however, been traditionally weak [114,115]. This lack of theoretical foundation can only be overcome by treating policy-related and organization-related strategic foresight separately.…”

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Corporate foresight: An emerging field with a rich tradition

Rohrbeck

Battistella

Huizingh

2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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The goal of this introductory article to the Special Issue on Corporate Foresight is to provide an overview of the state of the art, major challenges and to identify development trajectories. We define corporate foresight as a practice that permits an organization to lay the foundation for a future competitive advantage. Historically we distinguish and discuss four main phases 1) birth of the field (1950s), 2) the age of scenarios (1960s-1970s)

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Corporate foresight: An emerging field with a rich tradition

Rohrbeck

Battistella

Huizingh

2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

221

139

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“…These statements reflect commonly held beliefs in the general public about future developments, which are broad, fairly simplistic views about likely outcomes (referred to as 'litanies' in Inayatullah, 2004b). These beliefs were identified from the futures literature and news media (Hajkowicz et al, 2012;Öner, 2010;Slaughter, 1993) and refer to 'megatrends' (Naisbett, 1982) or systematic changes occurring nationally and internationally that may lead to a restructuring of society.…”

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Myths of the future and scenario archetypes

Boschetti

Price

Walker

2016

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…While 'foresight' is a concept that covers a wide array of prospective practices [1], we focus on policy-oriented foresight practices. Policy-oriented foresight aims to raise awareness among policy-makers, politicians and the general public about alternative perspectives on future needs and the implications hereof for present-day actions [2], accordingly triggering a process of broadening up the framing of existing policy discourses [3].…”

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confidence: 99%