A matter of foresight: How practices enable (or impede) organizational foresightfulness (2013)
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Emphasizing practice as the site of the emergence of strategic foresight, this paper draws on the contemporary turn to 'practice' to examine how the organizing practices of members positioned further down the organization may facilitate (or constrain... Read More about A matter of foresight: How practices enable (or impede) organizational foresightfulness.

Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding' (2013)
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Strategic foresight as a derived outcome of corporate foresight exercises has led to the dominant discourse on strategic foresight as an episodic intervention encompassing a proliferation of organizational foresight methodologies. We argue that such... Read More about Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding'.

Leaving behind a turbulent past: Insights of divestments from China (2013)
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Although western multinational enterprises have increasingly gravitated towards the fast- growing Chinese market, many have often faltered and subsequently exited the market. Drawing on insight from four international firms (Best Buy, Bertelsman, Lio... Read More about Leaving behind a turbulent past: Insights of divestments from China.

The Effects of Cross-border and Cross-industry Mergers and Acquisitions on Home-region and Global Multinational Enterprises (2013)
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We examine the effects of international and product diversification through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the firm's risk-return profile. We identify the rewards from different types of M&As and investigate whether becoming a global firm is a va... Read More about The Effects of Cross-border and Cross-industry Mergers and Acquisitions on Home-region and Global Multinational Enterprises.

The epistemological relevance of the arts in foresight and futures studies (2013)
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In this paper, we argue that the arts in its various forms have a genuine epistemological relevance to the theory and practice of foresight. To this end, we draw on the work of Ernst Bloch to advance the 'disclosive' role of graffiti art in contribut... Read More about The epistemological relevance of the arts in foresight and futures studies.

Dynamic capabilities in a sixth-generation family firm: Entrepreneurship and the Bibby Line (2013)
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In this paper we draw on the theory of dynamic capabilities to examine development of the only surviving family-owned Liverpool shipping company. The Bibby Line was founded in 1807 to take advantage of the growing sea-trade based in Liverpool. The co... Read More about Dynamic capabilities in a sixth-generation family firm: Entrepreneurship and the Bibby Line.