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Futures studies
About: Futures studies is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2996 publications have been published within this topic receiving 49505 citations. The topic is also known as: futurology & futurism.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore Herman Kahn's foundational contribution to the development of what he called "broad studies", a combination of futures research and public policy analysis, and discuss the need to have and operate with a broad, multifaceted vision of phenomena and cope imaginatively and realistically with future circumstances and conditions that can only vaguely be distinguished in the present.
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01 Jan 1997
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the evolution of forward-looking activities in Russia vis-a-vis science, technology and innovation policy challenges and its development over the last century, with a particular focus on the period of transition to a market economy.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the author looked at futures studies from the point of view of the author who has spent over 30 years in the field, with special reference to the World Futures Studies Federation.
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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the sources of sustainable competitive advantage and the value-creation opportunities that are emerging at the intersection between the forest and energy industries, and discuss the main determinants affecting the value creation process.
Abstract: Satu Patari On Value Creation at an Industrial Intersection – Bioenergy in the Forest and Energy Sectors Lappeenranta 2009 97 p. Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis 369 Diss. Lappeenranta University of Technology ISBN 978-952-214-866-7, ISBN 978-952-214-867-4 (PDF), ISSN 1456-4491 The traditional forest industry is a good example of the changing nature of the competitive environment in many industries. Faced with drastic challenges forestindustry companies are forced to search for new value-creating strategies in order to create competitive advantage. The emerging bioenergy business is now offering promising avenues for value creation for both the forest and energy sectors because of their complementary resources and knowledge with respect to bioenergy production from forest-based biomass. The key objective of this dissertation is to examine the sources of sustainable competitive advantage and the value-creation opportunities that are emerging at the intersection between the forest and energy industries. The research topic is considered from different perspectives in order to provide a comprehensive view of the phenomenon. The study discusses the business opportunities that are related to producing bioenergy from forest-based biomass, and sheds light on the greatest challenges and threats influencing the success of collaboration between the forest and energy sectors. In addition, it identifies existing and potential bioenergy actors, and considers the resources and capabilities needed in order to prosper in the bioenergy field. The value-creation perspective is founded on strategic management accounting, the theoretical frameworks are adopted from the field of strategic management, and the future aspect is taken into account through the application of futures studies research methodology. This thesis consists of two parts. The first part provides a synthesis of the overall dissertation, and the second part comprises four complementary research papers. The research setting is explorative in nature, and both qualitative and quantitative research methods are used. As a result, the thesis lays the foundation for non-technological studies on bioenergy. It gives an example of how to study new value-creation opportunities at an industrial intersection, and discusses the main determinants affecting the value-creation process. In order to accomplish these objectives the phenomenon of value creation at the intersection between the forest and energy industries is theorized and connected with the dynamic resource-based view of the firm.
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