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The role of scenarios in strategic foresight

Gill Ringland
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
- Vol. 77, Iss: 9, pp 1493-1498
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In this paper, the authors discuss the role of scenarios in strategic foresight over the next decade, and a set of qualities, structures and processes that facilitate the use of scenarios for renewal.
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This article is published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.The article was published on 2010-11-01. It has received 96 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Strategic thinking & Strategic financial management.

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A review of scenario planning

TL;DR: This paper reviews the scenario planning literature looking for answers for the following questions: How do qualitative and quantitative scenario methods differ and what are the advantages and disadvantages?
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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 Value Contribution of Strategic Foresight: Insights from an Empirical Study on Large European Companies

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the potential and empirically observable value creation of strategic foresight activities in firms, and show that it is possible to capture value through an enhanced capacity to perceive change, an enhanced ability to interpret and respond to change, influencing other actors, and through enhanced capacity for organizational learning.
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Does the intuitive logics method – and its recent enhancements – produce “effective” scenarios?

TL;DR: The ubiquitous term “scenario planning” is a misnomer and it is proposed that other ”scenario” terminologies might usefully be adopted that more precisely indicate the process and objectives of scenario interventions.

Does the intuitive logics method - and its recent enhancements - produce "effective" scenarios?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize the existing literature to establish the common objectives of scenario interventions within organizations and contextualize the well-established, but basic, intuitive logics scenario development methodology.
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Scenario Planning: A Tool for Strategic Thinking

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how to build scenarios in a step-by-step process and how to use the resulting stories to plan a company's future using case studies of Interpublic, an international advertising agency, and Anglo-American Corporation in South Africa.
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Scenario Planning: A Tool for Strategic Thinking

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how to build scenarios in a step-by-step process and how to use the resulting stories to plan a company's future using case studies of Interpublic, an international advertising agency, and Anglo-American Corporation in South Africa.
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Scenarios in Business

Gill Ringland
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the role of Scenario Planning Software for Collaborative Working Foresight into Insight Healthcare 2010, and the importance of linking Scenarios into the Organisation.
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