Foresight: Volume 23 Issue 1

Identifying future trends by podcast mining: an explorative approach for Web-based horizon scanning

Juliane Welz, Annamaria Riemer, Inga Döbel, Nora Dakkak, Anna Sophie Von Schwartzenberg

The aim of this paper is to gain knowledge in podcast mining as an additional source for Web-based horizon scanning (HS). The paper presents theoretical insights on the potential…

Predictive value of horizon scanning for future scenarios

Yuichi Washida, Akihisa Yahata

The purpose of this study is to measure the predictive value of future scenarios prepared using horizon scanning. The future scenarios prepared at the initiative of the Japanese…

Collaboration network, technology network and technological development: a patent analysis in the Chinese green technological field of energy saving

Xia Cao, Zeyu Xing, Keke Sun

This paper aims to forecast the future development of UIC technology according to the changes of IPC in different time periods. The findings also provide a theoretical basis for…

Backcasting for desirable futures in Finnish forest-based firms

Annukka Näyhä

In Finland, new forest-based sector (FBS) businesses are seen as important for the transition to the circular bioeconomy. The purpose of this study is to explore the transition of…

Employability implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare ecosystem: responding with readiness

Mahima Jain, Apoorva Goel, Shuchi Sinha, Sanjay Dhir

Intervention of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought up the issue of future job prospects in terms of the employability of the professionals and their readiness to harness the…

Total heritage: future Eopolis for cultural urban singularity

Kastytis Rudokas, Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske

The purpose of the article is to develop the concept of forecasting futures using the past by integrating the concept of heritage in it.

Evidence of impact of public equity instruments on firms’ outputs

Katarzyna Szkuta, Blagoy Stamenov, Paul Cunningham

The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of public support through equity instruments on firm performance, as measured by growth in employment, turnover and innovative…