Deploying Foresight for Policy and Strategy Makers Creating Opportunities Through Public Policies and Corporate Strategies in Science, Technology and Innovation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gokhberg, Leonid (Editor), Meissner, Dirk (Editor), Sokolov, Alexander (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Economic policy.; Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Economic Policy.
• Physical Description: XX, 273 p. 59 illus., 55 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319256283

This book develops foresight techniques to turn future societal challenges into opportunities. The authors present foresight approaches for innovation policy and management. Future developments in fields such as education, energy, new materials, nanotechnologies are highlighted for different countries. Readers will discover tools and instruments to capture the potentials of the grand societal challenges as defined by the United Nations. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and scholars with an interest in foresight methods and gives practical hints for policy makers and managers to take account of the grand opportunities in their business and policy strategies.