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On theory building in Foresight and Futures Studies: A discussion note
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A review of journals in the field(s) of Foresight and Futures Studies pointed to a tension in the relationship between the field of future studies and practice as discussed by the authors.About:
This article is published in Futures.The article was published on 2010-11-01. It has received 42 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Futures studies.read more
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Corporate foresight: An emerging field with a rich tradition
TL;DR: Corporate foresight is defined as a practice that permits an organization to lay the foundation for a future competitive advantage as discussed by the authors, and it has been studied extensively in the literature, including the field of finance.
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The reflective futures practitioner : balancing salience, credibility and legitimacy in generating foresight knowledge with stakeholders
Eva Kunseler,Eva Kunseler,Willemijn Tuinstra,Eleftheria Vasileiadou,Eleftheria Vasileiadou,Arthur C. Petersen,Arthur C. Petersen,Arthur C. Petersen +7 more
TL;DR: The authors explored how foresight researchers involved in environmental, nature and planning issues attempt to balance salience, credibility and legitimacy while generating knowledge in interaction with policy-makers and other social actors.
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Extending the knowledge base of foresight: The contribution of text mining
TL;DR: Exploring the potential of text mining for foresight by considering different data sources, text mining approaches, and foresight methods shows that text mining facilitates the detection and examination of emerging topics and technologies by extending the knowledge base of foresight.
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Innovation system foresight
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the coevolution of the academic field of innovation studies and the practice and concept of foresight, and conclude that the concept of innovation system foresight constitutes an improved integration of the contemporary understanding of innovation into foresight.
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Case Study Research: Design and Methods
TL;DR: In this article, buku ini mencakup lebih dari 50 studi kasus, memberikan perhatian untuk analisis kuantitatif, membahas lebah lengkap penggunaan desain metode campuran penelitian, and termasuk wawasan metodologi baru.
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What Theory is Not
Robert I. Sutton,Barry M. Staw +1 more
TL;DR: Barley and Owens as discussed by the authors argue that if the field is serious about producing stronger theory, journals need to reconsider their empirical requirements and suggest that journals should be more receptive to papers that test part rather than all of a theory.
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What Theory Is Not, Theorizing Is
TL;DR: Sutton and Staw as discussed by the authors argue that most of what passes for theory in organizational studies consists of approximations, and they focus on the process of theorizing, rather than the products of the theorizing process.
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Tracking Strategy in an Entrepreneurial Firm1
Henry Mintzberg,James A. Waters +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors track the strategies of a retail chain over 60 years of its history to show how that vague concept called strategy can be operationalized and to draw conclusions about strategy formatio...
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Alternative research paradigms in operations
TL;DR: A review and critique of the research in operations, itemizing the shortcomings identified by researchers in the field, is presented in this article, where the authors suggest a new research agenda with an integrative view of operations' role in organizations, a wider application of alternative research methodologies, greater emphasis on benefit to the operations manager, cross-disciplinary research with other functional areas, a heavier emphasis on sociotechnical analysis over the entire production system, and empirical field studies.
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