... the global priority. In environments where firms are busy with turbulent and risky situations, only those organizations will develop survival and progress that is flexible, agile, incredibly dynamic and resilient. In Iran’s business environment suffering from international and US sanctions, it might...

... aimed at using an overview of contents of all the Searchlight newsletters and identifying key and common themes on socio‐economic development and emerging developmental issues. In this respect, the present study is an effort to develop a holistic and cross‐cutting view of the Searchlight newsletters...

... developmentally, politically and financially with a four‐year intervention programme. DBSA would also guide the municipality to start developing appropriate turnaround strategies. However, the municipal restructuring failed to adequately address the central issues of poverty and under‐development in the context...

...H. Bouwman; P. van der Duin Information and communication technology (ICT) is increasingly being used in the home environment, making it a very important and interesting research topic for communication scientists. Future developments will influence the way and the extent to which ICT will be used...

...Henrik S. Kristensen Henrik S. Kristensen  Project Manager at The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS), Copenhagen, Denmark.E-mail: hkr@iff.dk Keywords: Behaviour, Technology, Development Abstract Our field of action is determined by what we feel is natural...

... Company 2002 Forecasting Scenario planning Social accounting Development As is now well known, all fields are affected by disciplinary paradigms that supply practitioners with powerful accounts of the important questions to be studied and the methods that are to be employed. Futures...

...L. Valadares Tavares A national technology foresight project was developed in Portugal in 1999 and 2000 (ET2000) with the major objective to understand and to boost the contribution of engineering and technology (E&T), to improve the competitiveness of Portuguese firms. This project was based...

...Simon Marvin Over the last five years, governments, think‐tanks and public alike have re‐focused their minds on the future development of British cities. Why are such diverse social organizations producing visions of urban futures? What kinds of techniques and tools are they using, and what...

... to the values of the hunting and food‐gathering society, and companies good at this will be successful. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Information industry History Development Camford foresight/ vol.01, no.03, jun.99 th e jou rn al of futu res stu dies, strateg ic th inkin g an d p olicy © 1999 Cam ford...