This book develops foresight techniques to turn future societal challenges into opportunities. The authors present foresight approaches for innovation policy and management. Future developments in fields such as education, energy, new materials, nanotechnologies are highlighted for different...

1 The Meaning of Foresight in Science Technology and Innovation Policy - An Introduction -- Section I: Instruments and Tools for Foresight Studies -- Section II: Foresight Instruments for Innovative Markets -- Section III: Country Foresight Studies -- Section IV: Foresight Studies - Instrument...

Purpose: This paper aims to present a retrospective analysis of the experience gained in the course of 20 years’ history of S&T priority setting and critical technologies’ identification, in terms of expected and actually achieved effects and lessons learned. Design/methodology/approach:...

The Report predicts that the coming five years will witness the five countries keep improving in national innovative competitiveness, with China and Russia maintaining their strong growth momentum, India growing at a moderate rate, and Brazil and South Africa gradually picking up speed and...