Technology Scouting – a case study of the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories

@inproceedings{citeulike:1542818, abstract = {Strategic Foresight activities enable companies to use weak signals to identify opportunities and threats. Research on Strategic Foresight proposes different methods, discusses their implementation and gives recommendations on how to link Strategic Foresight with other functions in an organization. Based on a literature review, we define a generic framework for the management of Strategic Foresight activities on the strategic, tactical and operational level and identify and discuss actors, methods and systems of Strategic Foresight. Building on an in-depth case study of the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories we shed light on the implementation of Strategic Foresight activities. In the discussion we focus on the interaction of methods from Consumer Foresight and Technology Intelligence. Taking an example project, we explore how Strategic Foresight is used on the operational level of innovation management. We conclude that Strategic Foresight can successfully contribute to coping with uncertainty and complexity and can feed the front-end of innovation from the market (customer needs) and technology (realization opportunities) perspective.}, author = {Rohrbeck, Rene }, booktitle = {ISPIM-Asia 2007 Conference}, citeulike-article-id = {1542818}, keywords = {foresight, scouting, strategic, technology}, month = {January}, organization = {International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)}, posted-at = {2007-08-08 10:20:20}, priority = {4}, title = {Technology Scouting – a case study of the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories}, url = {http://www.rene-rohrbeck.de/documents/Rohrbeck\_(2007)\_Technology-Scouting\_Paper.pdf}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1542818 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1542818 N2 - Strategic Foresight activities enable companies to use weak signals to identify opportunities and threats. Research on Strategic Foresight proposes different methods, discusses their implementation and gives recommendations on how to link Strategic Foresight with other functions in an organization. Based on a literature review, we define a generic framework for the management of Strategic Foresight activities on the strategic, tactical and operational level and identify and discuss actors, methods and systems of Strategic Foresight. Building on an in-depth case study of the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories we shed light on the implementation of Strategic Foresight activities. In the discussion we focus on the interaction of methods from Consumer Foresight and Technology Intelligence. Taking an example project, we explore how Strategic Foresight is used on the operational level of innovation management. We conclude that Strategic Foresight can successfully contribute to coping with uncertainty and complexity and can feed the front-end of innovation from the market (customer needs) and technology (realization opportunities) perspective. OR - International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) TI - Technology Scouting – a case study of the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories T2 - ISPIM-Asia 2007 Conference KW - foresight KW - scouting KW - strategic KW - technology AU - Rohrbeck, Rene PY - 2007/01/09/ UR - http://www.rene-rohrbeck.de/documents/Rohrbeck_(2007)_Technology-Scouting_Paper.pdf ER -