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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254868403321

Titolo

Deploying Foresight for Policy and Strategy Makers : Creating Opportunities Through Public Policies and Corporate Strategies in Science, Technology and Innovation / / edited by Leonid Gokhberg, Dirk Meissner, Alexander Sokolov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-25628-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, , 2570-1509

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economic policy

Management

Industrial management

R & D/Technology Policy

Innovation/Technology Management

Economic Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I: Foresight for Anticipatory STI Strategies -- Part II: Foresight for STI Policy: Country Cases.-Part III: Future Oriented STI Policy Context -- Part IV: Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

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.