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- It provides in a single volume explanations of FTA use in several differing contexts
- It contributes theoretical insights on the use of FTA
- It outlines historical developments and sets out future directions for this emerging field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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FTA in Context
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FTA Applications
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain
Cristiano Cagnin
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Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (PREST) Manchester Business School MBS Harold Hankins, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Michael Keenan
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Australian Centre for Innovation Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Darlington, Australia
Ron Johnston
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SDME 10/78, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Fabiana Scapolo
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Direction Générale de la Recherche et de L’Innovation Départment des Etudes et de la Prospective, Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, Paris cedex 05, France
Rémi Barré
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Future-Oriented Technology Analysis
Book Subtitle: Strategic Intelligence for an Innovative Economy
Editors: Cristiano Cagnin, Michael Keenan, Ron Johnston, Fabiana Scapolo, Rémi Barré
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68811-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-68809-9Published: 26 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08836-0Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68811-2Published: 29 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 170
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: R & D/Technology Policy, Innovation/Technology Management, Engineering, general, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Organization, Operations Research/Decision Theory