The Swiss Watchmaking Field is again entering a period of turbulence (Emery and Trist 1965) due to regulatory changes, the emergence of connected devices, volatile consumer behavior, currency changes, and relations among these factors that may challenge the capabilities for adaptation of key...

En lugar de intentar predecir el futuro, las organizaciones deben potenciar su capacidad para afrontar la incertidumbre. Un nuevo enfoque de planificación de escenarios puede ayudar a las empresas a replantear sus estrategias a largo plazo a través del desarrollo de varios escenarios plausibles

In recent years, organizations have been caught off guard by economic volatility, unexpected political events, natural disasters, and disruptive innovations. In response, we are seeing increased interest in scenario planning. Rather than tying their company’s future to a strategy geared to a...

This paper explores how socio-ecological strategy-making research applies to Swiss watchmaking. We review the literatures on fields, apply this review to socio-ecological strategy, explain how turbulence is manifested in Swiss watchmaking, and assess the viability of socio-ecological scenario...