During the last years normative narrative scenarios have been used increasingly to sup-port discourses in innovation processes. The twelve scenarios presented have been ela-borated in the years 2002 to 2008 in the context of strategy programs of the German Ministry of Education and Research...

Es erscheint mir in der Tat „Eulen nach Athen tragen”, wenn ich zum Geburtstag von Rolf Kreibich einen Festvortrag über „Zukunftsforschung im Spannungsfeld von Visio-nen und Alltagshandeln” halte, wo doch dies seit Jahren sein ureigenes Arbeitsgebiet ist und das seines von ihm...

RFID technologies are currently considered a hot topic in the IT arena and have been described as a major enablingtechnology for automated, contactless, wireless data collection. Little is known about the perceived strategic importance ofRFID among IT decision makers, current RFID usage,...