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Employees, employers and the institutions of work: the global competition for terrain in the ageing workforce agenda

Jorgensen, Bradley; Taylor, Philip - In: Foresight 10 (2008) 1, pp. 22-36

ageing populations and the labour market in the context of globalization – a complex and important topic that is usually …

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How to solve a wicked problem? Furniture foresight case study

Navarro, Jesus; Hayward, Peter; Voros, Joseph - In: Foresight 10 (2008) 2, pp. 11-29

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on how foresight methods are being used to address a “wicked problem” for the global furniture industry: “What are we going to do in the furniture industry in high cost countries (HCC) to maintain our future competitiveness with respect to...

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Necklace or noose? Challenges to American hegemony

Burman, Stephen - In: Foresight 10 (2008) 4, pp. 69-75

management of globalization it can build a new international architecture that will adorn its hegemony and avoid the new networks …

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Foresight for smart globalization

Jhirad, David; Juech, Claudia; Michelson, Evan S. - In: Foresight 11 (2009) 4, pp. 10-13

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the concept of smart globalization and identify links with the … globalization intersects with the field of foresight by describing the Rockefeller Foundation's approach to addressing complex … the notion of “smart globalization” to the foresight community and details how this mindset has influenced and directed …

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Conclusion: “Foresight for smart globalization” synthesis statement and recommendations

Bezold, Clement; Juech, Claudia; Michelson, Evan S. - In: Foresight 11 (2009) 4, pp. 82-85

smart globalization” workshop. Findings – There is a need for change at all levels of governance to address the challenges …

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Evolution of foresight in the global historical context

Jemala, Marek - In: Foresight 12 (2010) 4, pp. 65-81

of globalization and different countries. The intention is to characterize several main events, inventions and … uncertainties that bring globalization and technological progress, and that it is a specific form of very long‐term participative … foresight. However, it is possible to compare the history of foresight in relation to the history of globalization through …

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Innovation in horizon scanning for the social sector: an introduction to the Searchlight function

Juech, Claudia; Michelson, Evan S. - In: Foresight 14 (2012) 6, pp. 439-449

Purpose – The Rockefeller Foundation has developed the first‐of‐its‐kind trend monitoring effort in the philanthropic and broader social sector, conceptualizing and operationalizing an approach that surfaces cutting‐edge intelligence with a distinctly on‐the‐ground perspective from...

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The Internet and global cultural transformation

Madu, Christian N.; Jacob, Rudolph A. - In: Foresight 1 (1999) 1, pp. 63-71

In this article, we discuss the role of the internet in cultural changes and transformation. The traditional view is that inherent cultures affect business operations so corporations must be cognizant of the prevalent cultures in their operating environments. Frequently, failures of...

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Unesco and the years ahead

Batisse, Michel - In: Foresight 1 (1999) 5, pp. 392-398

Against a background of global change and major demographic, social, economic, political and technological trends, this article explores the future role of Unesco. Considering these major trends, this article first examines three global scenarios: optimistic liberal; pessimistic liberal; and...

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Transforming global governance: images of futures from people on the periphery

Sykes-Kelleher, Anita - In: Foresight 17 (2015) 2, pp. 112-124

Purpose – The topics of an emerging planetary civilisation and its common affairs, global problems requiring coordinated worldwide responses and contested forms of globalisation are collectively stimulating an international conversation about alternatives to the current system of global...

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