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03Feb/19

Case Study: The Evolving Approach to Strategic Corporate Foresight at Swiss Bank PostFinance in the Age of Digital Transformation

03 Feb 2019

3 February 2019:

At Swiss bank PostFinance (PF), foresight has been a key driver for strategic discussions and innovation for decades. Today’s approach to foresight in strategy development has emerged over the past two decades with the introduction of early …

07Dec/17

Research: The Digital Transformation in Switzerland

07 Dec 2017

7 December 2017:

The FHNW School of Business has released the most comprehensive study of the state of the Digital Transformation in Switzerland with a focus on small and medium sized enterprises (SME).

Over 2,500 participants have contributed to the …

29Mar/17

Teaching: Strategic Foresight and Innovation for FHNW Bachelor Students

29 Mar 2017

29 March 2017:

Students at the FHNW School of Business get to know the importance of long term planning and foresight as part of their Strategic Management curriculum (BSc BA in International Management).

Topics covered include the tasks of strategic …

30Dec/16

Research news: A Foresight Toolkit for Smart Specialization and Entrepreneurial Discovery

30 Dec 2016

30 December 2016:

Gheorghiua, Andreescuc & Curajd (2016) present a review of their experience with horizon scanning, that is to collect and process weak signals, i.e. information on short cycle technologies, peripheral trends and opportunities arising in connection with key …

09Aug/16

Research news: Creating value through foresight: first mover advantages and strategic agility

09 Aug 2016

9 August 2016:

The research from Vecchiato (2015) highlights the benefits of corporate foresight and the need of an organisation to build the ability to respond to environmental changes (i.e. strategic agility). This important capability generates value to an organisation …

21Apr/16

Research news: Disruptive Innovation – a reflection from Clayton M Christensen et al.

21 Apr 2016

21 April 2016:

The term “disruptive innovation” has emerged with the model being developed and published in Christensen’s text “Disruptive Technologies Catching the Wave”.

Twenty years since its inception, Christensen and his colleagues revisited the theory of disruption as they …

13Feb/16

Case study: A Foresight Support System for the German Federal Armed Forces

13 Feb 2016

12 February 2016:

Security-related future analysis is a core task of strategic planning at the German Federal Armed Forces.

In order to deliver a Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) research and technology project with the objective to design, implement …

05Dec/15

Research news: Pierre Wack’s hidden messages on Scenario Planning found in documents in his Memorial Library at the University of Oxford

05 Dec 2015

5 December 2015:

This insightful article from Chermack & Coons (2015) distils and interprets Pierre Wack’s original views on scenario planning.

The key discussions and findings from their research based on his personal papers and documents now accessible at the …

29Oct/15

Report from the “Second Workshop on Developments in Scenario Planning” at Shell

29 Oct 2015

Organised by the British Academy of Management, UK OR Society and Shell International
London, 3 June 2015

28 October 2015:

The British Academy of Management and UK OR Society organised a scenario planning workshop hosted by Shell International.

Among other …

06Jul/15

Industry best practice: Integrated Roadmaps and Corporate Foresight as Tools of Innovation Management

06 Jul 2015

5 July 2015:

Vishnevskiy, Karasev & Meissner (2015) conducted over 40 project implementations and interviews with Russian companies in the oil & gas, energy and aviation sectors to build an understanding of contemporary approaches to foresight. In their research, they …

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  • Case Study: The Evolving Approach to Strategic Corporate Foresight at Swiss Bank PostFinance in the Age of Digital Transformation
  • Research: The Digital Transformation in Switzerland
  • Teaching: Strategic Foresight and Innovation for FHNW Bachelor Students
  • Research news: A Foresight Toolkit for Smart Specialization and Entrepreneurial Discovery
  • Research news: Creating value through foresight: first mover advantages and strategic agility
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