... approach of the Searchlight function to systematically make sense of the current contextual environment to be better positioned to anticipate the future of poor and vulnerable communities. This paper aims to outline the approach taken and to offer a glimpse into the next steps. Design/methodology...

... thinking about ways to catalyze change in the lives of poor or vulnerable communities. This paper seeks to focus on this broad‐based approach. Design/methodology/approach Starting from the top‐down horizon scan of the foundation's Searchlight partners – a network of horizon scanning...

... to the position of periphery is less important for technological development. Second, the technological community with the highest degree, closeness and betweenness among other communities means that this technological community occupies broader technological scopes and with important influence with others...

.... This paper seeks to contribute to this emergent body of thought by developing a “whole economy” approach for capturing the multifarious economic practices in community economies and then applying this to an English locality. Design/methodology/approach A survey conducted of the economic...