The advanced role of corporate foresight in innovation and strategic management - Reflections on practical experiences from the automotive industry

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-48

  Ruff, Frank ^a  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive business; Business environment; Corporate foresight; Future research; Innovation management; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CORPORATE FORESIGHT; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84949107657     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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