Corporate foresight: Its three roles in enhancing the innovation capacity of a firm

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-243

  Rohrbeck, René ^a   Gemünden, Hans Georg ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Best practices; Competitive intelligence; Corporate foresight; Dynamic capabilities; Innovation management; Technology intelligence

Indexed keywords

BEST-PRACTICES; CORPORATE FORESIGHT; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE;

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78651348514     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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