Foresight for Science, Technology and Innovation

• Main Authors: Miles, Ian (Author), Saritas, Ozcan (Author), Sokolov, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Public administration.; Economic policy.; Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Public Administration.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Decision-makers at all levels are being confronted with novel complexities and uncertainties and face long-term challenges which require foresight about long-term future prospects, assumptions, and strategies. This book explores how foresight studies can be systematically undertaken and used in this...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Foresight for STI - What and Why
• 3 Initiation-Scoping and Managing ForSTI
• 4 Interaction - Participation and Recruitment
• 5 Intelligence - Environmental and Horizon Scanning
• 6 Intelligence - Delphi
• 7 Imagination - Scenarios and Alternative Futures
• 8 Integration - Modelling
• 9 From Integration to Interpretation - Translating ForSTI into Strategies
• 10 Intervention and Impact - Outcomes, Action and Evaluation
• 11 Conclusion. .