Networked foresight-The case of EIT ICT Labs

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-164

  Heger, Tobias ^a   Boman, Magnus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaboration for innovation; Corporate foresight; Dynamic capabilities; Innovation networks; Networked foresight; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CORPORATE FORESIGHT; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; INNOVATION NETWORK; NETWORKED FORESIGHT; OPEN INNOVATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84949099852     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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