Ict Foresight

Author : Luke Georghiou
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781008760
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Technology Foresight written by Luke Georghiou and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-cutting analytical chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, approaches and methods, organisational issues, policy transfer and evaluation.

Author : Sandro Mendonça
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317979524
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foresight for Dynamic Organisations in Unstable Environments written by Sandro Mendonça and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foresight has an especially important role in times of transition and trouble. In times of turbulence foresight arises as a tool for intellectual freedom and enhanced strategic leverage. But foresight itself is always in a continuing process of innovation as it is not detached from the changing environment that engulfs organisations. Taking stock from innovative developments in foresight methodologies and implementation experiences is relevant as new experiments have rapidly accumulated in this new century. Looking ahead calls for a review of new perspectives and recent practice on foresight methodology and on how foresight is embedded in organisations. This book brings together a sample of real-world cases and of conceptual proposals bridging between practitioners and researchers in the field of futures research. Such an ambition is an increasingly difficult balancing act as the gap between the needs of organisational leaders and the incentives of academics becomes an ever widening gulf due to increasingly specialised and self-absorbed agendas. To further this book’s goals we had the opportunity to assemble an international team of authors coming from a variety of backgrounds to provide their first-hand view from the frontier of new foresight empirical work and theoretical reflection. This book was originally published as a special issue of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management.

Author : Marco Taisch
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439828326
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Manufacturing. An ICT and Systems Perspective written by Marco Taisch and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manufacturing plays a vital role in European economy and society, and is expected to continue as a major generator of wealth in the foreseeable future. A competitive manufacturing industry is essential for the prosperity of Europe, especially in the face of accelerating deindustrialisation. This book provides a broad vision of the future of manufac

Author : Cristiano Cagnin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540688110
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Future-Oriented Technology Analysis written by Cristiano Cagnin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of foresight to address the challenges of uncertainty and rapid change has grown dramatically in the past decade. In that period, the techniques have been greatly refined and the scope has been broadened to encompass future-oriented technology analysis (FTA) and more recently, the concept and practice of strategic intelligence. FTA addresses directly the longer-term future through the active and continuous development of visions, and pathways to realise these visions. It is increasingly seen as a valuable management and policy tool complementing, and extending further into the future, classical strategy, planning, and decision-making approaches. This book charts the development of FTA and provides the first coherent description and analysis of its practical application and impact in the worlds of business, government, education and research in both advanced and developing countries. It draws on papers addressing the application of FTA around the globe which were presented at the Second International Seville Seminar in September 2006. The insights and practical experience will be invaluable for company managers, government ministers and officials, researchers and academics with responsibilities for effective planning and decision-making in an increasingly turbulent and unpredictable world.

Author : Antonino Mazzeo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387097112
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book E-Government ICT Professionalism and Competences Service Science written by Antonino Mazzeo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Industry Oriented Conferences held at IFIP 20th World Computer Congress in September 2008. The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing.

Author : Heinrich Arnold
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540888276
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Applied Technology and Innovation Management written by Heinrich Arnold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid application of new technologies and highly leveraged innovation processes are key for the success of companies and organizations in dynamic markets. Based on the experiences of one of the industry’s most modern innovation centers this book provides an insight into the tools and methods used to align customer requirements, competitive challenges and technological development. Both, scientists and practitioners, will benefit from the lessons learned and presented in this volume.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264163441
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 1998 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a discussion of recent trends and prospects in science, technology and industry, based on comparative indicators, such as output, investment and productivity, research and development (R&D), patent activity and innovation and knowledge flows.

Author : Maria Giaoutzi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461452155
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recent Developments in Foresight Methodologies written by Maria Giaoutzi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foresight is an area within Futures Studies that focuses on critical thinking concerning long term developments, whether within the public sector or in industry and management, and is something of a sub-section of complexity and network science. This book examines developments in foresight methodologies and relates in its greater part to the work done in the context of the COSTA22 network of the EU on Foresight Methodologies. Foresight is a professional practice that supports significant decisions, and as such it needs to be more assured of its claims to knowledge (methodology). Foresight is practiced across many domains and is not the preserve of specialized ‘futurists’, or indeed of foresight specialists. However, the disciplines of foresight are not well articulated or disseminated across domains, leading to re-inventions and practice that does not make best use of experience in other domains. The methodological development of foresight is an important task that aims at strengthening the pool of the tools available for application, thereby empowering the actors involved in foresight practice. Elaborating further on methodological issues, such as those presented in the present book, enables the actors involved in foresight to begin to critique current practice from this perspective and, thirdly, to begin to design foresight practice. The present trends towards methodological concerns indicates a move from ‘given’ expert-predicted futures to one in which futures are nurtured through a dialogue among “stakeholders.” The book has four parts, each elaborating on a set of aspects of foresight methodologies. After an introductory section, Part II considers theorizing about foresight methodologies. Part III covers system content issues, and Part IV presents foresight tools and approaches.

Author : Paul Warren
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780470758663
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ICT Futures written by Paul Warren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about the major trends and future advancements in ICT! ICT Futures provides an insightful introduction to the major technology trends in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and to the economic, commercial and societal environment which is shaping them. The experienced author-team, consisting of experts from both industry and academia, addresses: The interaction between people and technology - how ICT affects every day social practices; the rise of social computing; how the way we interact with information and the devices we use are changing; and how trust can be assured over the Internet. The underlying ICT infrastructure - the semantic web and the semantic intranet; the real-time service-oriented infrastructure; the future optical network; self-managing networks and agents; P2P technologies; pervasiveness; mobility and wireless technology; and how all this infrastructure can be made secure. ICT technology and how it is affecting industries as diverse as health, finance, retail and law. The book covers a vast wealth of material, with a strong focus upon the impending changes to the way ICT operates.This reference is a valuable tool for people in managerial roles, CIOs, CTOs, business and technology strategists, and students undertaking technology MBAs, or technology modules in general MBAs. Professionals working in ICT will also find this book valuable.

Author : Weerakkody, Vishanth
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605663913
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on ICT-Enabled Transformational Government: A Global Perspective written by Weerakkody, Vishanth and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-05-31 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies within transformation stage e-government implementation"--Provided by publisher.