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Mortgage banking for the New American Empire, and other futures

Dator, Jim - In: Foresight 6 (2004) 1, pp. 13-18

Although the mortgage sector of the banking industry in the USA has seen good times in the recent past, the futures are uncertain. This article considers the nature of futures studies and applies futures analysis to the mortgage sector. The history of banking, and the USA, has been a struggle...

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Social capital: a building‐block in creating a better global future

Landman, J.P. - In: Foresight 6 (2004) 1, pp. 38-46

‐term sustainable human and economic development in the world. Social capital is defined as the presence of effective human networks and …

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Hyperglobalized individuals: the Internet, globalization, freedom and terrorism

Marsden, Christopher T. - In: Foresight 6 (2004) 3, pp. 128-140

‐faceted phase of globalization. It goes beyond traditional explanations of ICTs and globalization, which concentrate on the cultural …

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Latin America and the digital economy challenge

Angel Gutierrez, Miguel - In: Foresight 6 (2004) 3, pp. 163-172

Although only a small percentage of the world's population has access to the Web, its influence over the world economy …

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The global challenge of human security

Sommaruga, Cornelio - In: Foresight 6 (2004) 4, pp. 208-211

personal security. Human insecurity, whether generated by neo‐liberal globalization, militarization, trafficking and the sex … that focuses on the responsibility of each and everyone. In short, it is a call for the globalization of responsibility for …

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The foundations of the expanding Atlantic Community

Hieronymi, Otto; Jasson, Chiara - In: Foresight 6 (2004) 4, pp. 232-236

's foundations and world order in general. It is important to remember that the Atlantic Community has played, and continues to play …

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Eliminating future shock: the changing world of work and the organization

Inayatullah, Sohail - In: Foresight 8 (2006) 5, pp. 3-14

transformation (moving toward the triple bottom line and flatter organizations); gut‐wrenching globalization (outsourcing of … everything and the end of the nation‐state); and the unknown world (dramatic changes in the nature of work and organization …

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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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