Foresight: Volume 22 Issue 2

The march towards infinity – the impending era of deep thinking

Shiladitya Dasgupta, Debashish Sanyal

The theory of dynamic capabilities (DC) was originally proposed as an improved alternative to the existing resource-based view theory of strategy to address the issue of renewing…

A meta-analytical review of factors affecting the strategic thinking of an organization

Aqueeb Sohail Shaik, Sanjay Dhir

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a structured review of the literature on the factors affecting the strategic thinking of an organization. This study offers some…

Futures Triangle 2.0: integrating the Futures Triangle with Scenario Planning

Alessandro Fergnani

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Futures Triangle 2.0, a methodological advancement of the Futures Triangle method (Inayatullah, 2008), which better integrates the…

IdeaChain: a conceptual proposal for blockchain-based STI policy development

Serhat Burmaoglu, Ozcan Saritas, Harun Sesen

The purpose of this study is to discuss the possibility of setting up a platform for inclusive policymaking process drawing upon the blockchain concept. The study posits that…

Customer competency for improving firm decision-making performance in e-commerce

Vivek Gupta, Laxmi Gupta, Sanjay Dhir

The purpose of this paper is to analyze customers’ purchasing behavior with respect to perceived benefit and the perceived risk towards customer competency in firms. In this…

Future study of operations research based on scenario planning and soft systems methodology

Mohammad Reza Fathi, Mohammad Hasan Maleki, Seyed Mohammad Sobhani, Can Deniz Koksal

The purpose of this study is to formulate exploratory scenarios of Operations Research through the critical uncertainty approach and Soft Systems Methodology.

An integrated three-layered foresight framework

Cornelis van Dorsser, Poonam Taneja

The paper aims to present an integrated foresight framework and method to support decision-makers who are confronted with today’s complex and rapidly changing world. The method…