Alberto F. De Toni, Roberto Siagri, Cinzia Battistella

Corporate Foresight (eBook, ePUB)

Anticipating the Future

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The two cornerstones of foresight are organization and management. After an overview of state-of-the-art literature on forecasting methods, the authors propose the implementation of a "future coverage" methodology, which enables companies to measure and verify the consistency between trends, strategic vision and offered products.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000216189
• Artikelnr.: 60397719

Autorenporträt

Alberto F. De Toni is currently rector of the University of Udine and general secretary of the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI). Former head of the Engineering Department of the University of Udine and president of the Italian Association of Industrial Engineering and Management, he is Professor of Operations Management and Management of Complex Systems.

Roberto Siagri is president and CEO of Eurotech SpA, of which he was a founder. He has a degree in Solid State Physics and has worked in the field of computer architectures. His current interests include human-machine interaction and the applicative scenarios of cloud computing.

Cinzia Battistella is associate professor at the University of Udine. She has participated in foresight studies at the Area Science Park in Trieste and has explored future-related issues in the sectors of agrifood, telecommunications and e-governance.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Anticipating the future 1. The future is increasingly unpredictable,
near and singular 2. Innovation shapes the future 3. Responding to
complexity 4. Anticipating the future PART II Organizing and managing
corporate foresight 5. Corporate foresight 6. The first pillar of corporate
foresight: Organization 7. The second pillar of corporate foresight:
Management 8. The "future coverage" approach PART III Foresight in Eurotech
SpA 9. Trends in the ICT sector 10. Foresight in Eurotech: Organizational
aspects 11. Foresight in Eurotech: Managerial aspects PART IV Imagination
reveals the future 12. Conclusion

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PART I Anticipating the future 1. The future is increasingly unpredictable, near and singular 2. Innovation shapes the future 3. Responding to complexity 4. Anticipating the future PART II Organizing and managing corporate foresight 5. Corporate foresight 6. The first pillar of corporate foresight: Organization 7. The second pillar of corporate foresight: Management 8. The "future coverage" approach PART III Foresight in Eurotech SpA 9. Trends in the ICT sector 10. Foresight in Eurotech: Organizational aspects 11. Foresight in Eurotech: Managerial aspects PART IV Imagination reveals the future 12. Conclusion