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1	Product development in the transitioning German energy market: Introducing an integrative innovation process with eco-design and strategic foresight. : Process model and implications for the technical product development unit of WEMAG JUNGE, VARENA January 2014 (has links) Scientific studies on the advantages of environmental management and futures research integration have been increasingly published during the last years. WEMAG, a traditional German energy provider, aims to benefit from the energy market transition by offering innovative and sustainable energy solutions. However, the whole industry lacks experience with innovation management and beyond that also lacks knowledge on how to integrate eco-design and strategic foresight. Currently, theoretical contributions do not provide practice-relevant and interdisciplinary solutions due to a research gap on integrative perspectives of innovation, environmental and futures research streams and applied research approaches. This thesis is a first attempt to bridge the research gap and to provide a practice-relevant concept by introducing an integrative innovation process model, which benefits from eco-design and strategic foresight. Following an applied design theory methodology, requirements for the new process model-building are derived from literature review and qualitative insights from company material scanning, interviews and a workshop. The results show that integrating eco-design and strategic foresight into innovation management on a strategy and process level offers major advantages for managerial practice, especially in uncertain environments. It provides the opportunity to explore future developments while having normative guidance towards environmentally-friendly solutions, which also provide unique advantages for market positioning and succesful competition. product development innovation management futures research strategic foresight environmental management eco-design Environmental Management Miljöledning Energy Systems Energisystem
2	Urban Indian Perspectives of Traditional Indian Medicine Squetimkin-Anquoe, Annette 25 July 2013 (has links) No description available. Alternative Medicine Native Americans Social Research Native Americans Ethnographic Futures Research Urban Indians Traditional Indian Medicine Indigenous Leadership Traditional Healing Practices Traditional Knowledge Indigenous Knowledge Ethnomedicine Spiritual Healing
3	Understanding Faculty Perceptions of the Future: Action Research for Academic Librarians Malenfant, Kara Josephine 29 September 2011 (has links) No description available. Educational Leadership Higher Education Higher Education Administration Library Science academic libraries university libraries librarians faculty futures research scenario planning strategic planning leadership change management
4	Images of the Future, Participatory Foresight and Innovation Culture: Exploring the Potential of Communication via Social Networks to develop Open Innovation Ecosystems Guillo, Mario 29 May 2014 (has links) Innovation has increasingly become a crucial factor in the development of contemporary societies, to such an extent that Innovation has now come to be regarded as a key issue for the achievement of sustainable economic growth and resilient social welfare systems. Therefore, the phenomenon of Innovation has been extensively analysed during the past century; and analyses have been carried out from a wide range of approaches: Economics, Technical Studies, and Cultural Studies, amongst others. However, practically none of those works tried to deepen the link between Innovation and Foresight (especially with its more integrative approaches: Images of the Future and Participatory Foresight). The aim of this research is to contribute to theoretical development within the cross-disciplinary field of Foresight and Innovation through the analysis of the links existing between these two aspects and the proposal of new ways to approach their study (based on the use of social media communication tools). This doctoral dissertation comprises a total of 5 essays (2 articles, 2 book chapters and 1 paper at an international congress) plus 4 annexes (2 articles, 1 book chapter and 1 paper at a national congress). All these essays and annexes are the result of the work that the candidate carried out as a researcher of FUTURLAB – The Foresight Laboratory (University of Alicante), with the invaluable help of the researchers from the Finland Futures Research Centre (Finland). Imágenes de futuro Images of the future Futures research Prospectiva Foresight Innovation culture Open innovation Innovación abierta Cultura de la innovación Social networks Redes sociales Communication Comunicación Sociología
5	Wise by Design: A Wisdom-Based Framework for Innovation and Organizational Design and its Potential Application in the Future of Higher Education Suarez, Juan F. 01 June 2014 (has links) No description available. Management Organization Theory Organizational Behavior Higher Education Higher Education Administration wise WBD wise by design higher education artificial wisdom wisdom augmented practice hybridity cognitive intuitive practical experience balanced adaptive aesthetic ethical time sensitive futures research

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