Foresight: Volume 13 Issue 2

Towards a methodological approach: theorising scenario thinking as a social practice

David Sarpong

The aim of this paper is to draw on the social theory of practice to show scenario thinking as an everyday practice and how the practice could be theorised at the meso‐level.

Integrating foresight into government. Is it possible? Is it likely?

Knut Erik Solem

The purpose of this paper is to examine and explain the role of foresight in government, while making an attempt to ascertain why foresight is both necessary and rare. The paper…

Ready for the future? Universities' capabilities to strategically manage their intellectual capital

Susana Elena‐Pérez, Ozcan Saritas, Katja Pook, Campbell Warden

This paper aims to explore the possibilities of combining foresight techniques and intellectual capital management, as two approaches of participatory strategic management, in…

Assessment of corporate foresight project results: case of a multinational company in Turkey

M. Atilla Öner, Senem Göl Beşer

The overall aim of the research is to provide an assessment of the level of the reported success of foresight project results of a multinational company in Turkey.

Managers' foresight matters

Martin Amsteus

The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between the foresight of managers and firm performance.

Science and technology foresight baker's dozen: a pocket primer of comparative and combined foresight methods

Jack E. Smith, Ozcan Saritas

This paper aims to fill a perceived gap in the tool bag of a foresight practitioner – namely the need for a quickly accessible and concise overview of the main methods being…

Vainqueurs et vaincu, Lendemains de la crise (Victors and Vanquished, Aftermaths of Crisis)

Jacques G. Richardson

The Biggest Wake up Call in History

Andy Hines

YIRCoF ’09 – Yeditepe International Research Conference on Foresight: Methodological Issues in Foresight Studies

Senem Gol Beser