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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Book structure -- Introduction -- PART I: Anticipating the future -- 1. The future is increasingly unpredictable, near and singular -- 1.1. All is not as it seems -- 1.2. Complex events cannot be predicted -- 1.3. Systems are increasingly interdependent -- 1.4. We live in exponential times -- 1.5. The future comes like a cat -- 1.6. In every field, responses are greatly amplified |
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1.7. Bifurcation and the butterfly effect -- 1.8. Change is interconnected, accelerated and discontinuous -- 2. Innovation shapes the future -- 2.1. The dominant design -- 2.2. Innovation is born at the periphery -- 2.3. Innovation is a successful disobedience -- 2.4. Innovation is coevolution: The Barbarians -- 2.5. Innovation is exaptation: The panda's thumb and the spandrels of St Mark's Basilica -- 3. Responding to complexity -- 3.1. The foresight approach -- 3.2. Flexibility -- 3.3. Promptness -- 3.4. Resilience -- 3.5. Detecting weak signals -- 3.6. Understanding trends |
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3.7. Building scenarios -- 4. Anticipating the future -- 4.1. From forecasting to foresight -- 4.2. We need new abilities to find the right answers -- 4.3. Different presents, multiple paths, possible scenarios -- 4.4. The history of foresight -- 4.5. Foresight for countries, for sectors, for companies -- PART II: Organizing and managing corporate foresight -- 5. Corporate foresight -- 5.1. Foresight for companies -- 5.2. The roots of corporate foresight -- 5.3. The objectives of corporate foresight -- 5.4. Resistance to corporate foresight -- 5.5. How to overcome resistance |
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5.6. The two pillars of corporate foresight -- 6. The first pillar of corporate foresight: Organization -- 6.1. The bygone era of research and development -- 6.2. Research and development: A failed relationship -- 6.3. Foresight and research: A wedding announcement -- 6.4. Connection and development: A new partnership -- 6.5. Acquisitions versus research -- 6.6. Foresight as scouting -- 6.7. Ways of organizing foresight -- 6.8. The promoters of foresight -- 7. The second pillar of corporate foresight: Management -- 7.1. The four branches of corporate foresight |
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7.2. The corporate foresight process -- 7.3. Foresight methodologies -- 8. The ""future coverage"" approach -- 8.1. The problem of strategic coherence -- 8.2. The framework of our approach -- 8.3. The study of trends, vision and products -- 8.4. Coherence analysis between trends, vision and products -- PART III: Foresight in Eurotech SpA -- 9. Trends in the ICT sector -- 9.1. Trends and megatrends -- 9.2. ICT trends and megatrends -- 9.3. The trend of man-machine symbiosis according to Eurotech -- 10. Foresight in Eurotech: Organizational aspects -- 10.1. Eurotech as a factory of ideas |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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10.2. Foresight, research and development in Eurotech |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Siagri, Roberto
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Battistella, Cinzia
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| ISBN |
9781000216127 |
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1000216128 |
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