Tag Archives: Corporate Foresight

Technology Scouting – from insight to action

Posted on September 4th, 2010 by René Rohrbeck

Organizational future orientation is build through identifying and interpreting change in the environment and systematically taking action to build a competitive advantage. One tool which we want to discuss today is Technology Scouting. The general idea of technology scouting is … Continue reading →

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What is Corporate Foresight for you?

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 by René Rohrbeck

In our research we have found evidence that corporate foresight activities can create value in multiple ways (see also our related posts: 1, 2, 3): scan for discontinuous change and reduce uncertainty trigger organizational responses through integration with strategic management, … Continue reading →

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Exploring the value creation of corporate foresight

Posted on August 18th, 2010 by René Rohrbeck

Corporate managers and scholars alike have been wondering if any of the foresight work in companies does create any value. Interesting insights on this question can be found in Frank Ruff’s article, where he discusses different examples of the work … Continue reading →

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Inter-organizational collaboration for foresight

Posted on August 15th, 2010 by René Rohrbeck

Creating insights into the future is an demanding task. But from a corporate perspective early understanding of potential change can also yield many benefits, including being the first mover in a new market and being able to demand premium prices, … Continue reading →

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Does a high foresight ability ensure long term competitiveness?

Posted on August 10th, 2010 by René Rohrbeck

In a recent article Riccardo Vecchiato and Claudio Roveda from the Politecnico di Milano report on their case study based research. Explaining their motivation they emphasize that foresight research has been focused to a large extent on proposing methods and … Continue reading →

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