Conveners
Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technology: Session 1
- David Bennett (Chalmers University of Technology)
Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technology: Session 3
- Andrea Kasztler (Austrian Institute of Technology - AIT)
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Dr Anthon Botha (Graduate School of Technology Management, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and IT, University of Pretoria and TechnoScene (Pty) Ltd, South Africa)17/05/2017, 10:30Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyPresentation only (Category B)Strategic planning and technology management have become part of executive training, but very few opportunities are available to prepare executives for imagining the future. The future lies beyond strategy and Future Thinking shapes the landscape on which enterprises of tomorrow will exist. The future is not predictable; neither is it pre-determined. This opens the possibility of designing a...Go to contribution page
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Ms Yoon Chung Kim (KISTEP)17/05/2017, 10:52Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyPresentation only (Category B)Artificial Intelligence(AI) has drawn significant attention in our society and many have high hopes of what AI will bring, such as improvement in productivity and quality. However, there are also growing concerns and warnings of what the technology will bring, such as mass unemployment from job substitution or social inequality. Thus, we have conducted Technology Assessment(TA) of artificial...Go to contribution page
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Mr Mohamed Azzam (Federation of the Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, IT General Division), Mr Nezar Sami (Nile University), Prof. Tarek Khalil (Nile University)17/05/2017, 11:14Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Everything is going digital around us! Disruptive technologies and their disruptive use models are creating a new world and a different future. Over the last few years, the creation and utilization of technologies have played a critical role to improve the life quality of people, advance economies, and open new horizons for individuals, businesses, and even nations around the world. This is...Go to contribution page
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Prof. David Bennett (Chalmers University of Technology)17/05/2017, 11:36Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)This paper investigates how medium-size engineering service companies working traditionally in national markets have engaged with challenges of globalization and competition from multinationals. The Scandinavian region has many smaller domestic engineering companies in the industry, which are under pressure in their established national and wider international markets. The paper uses strategic...Go to contribution page
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Christina König (Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT)18/05/2017, 10:30Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Technology scanning is the activity to gain insight on technologies outside a company's technological and market competences. This has traditionally been done in a rather passive way since such technologies rarely had a strong influence on companies. With the emergence of more and more disruptive technologies, correct and fast evaluation of trends and technologies outside the company’s...Go to contribution page
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Mr Pawat Kalpravidh (Aston University)18/05/2017, 10:48Management of technology in developing countriesResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)This study proposes a conceptual model for cloud computing affordance for SMEs. Since the mid-90s, technology management, information systems, and business management scholars have shown a growing interest in understanding how investments in cloud computing technology can lead to improved business performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). Therefore, understanding what cloud...Go to contribution page
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Mr Manuel Brunner (Mechatronik Cluster)18/05/2017, 11:06Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)The production industry of Upper Austria covers several industrial branches with clear strongholds in materials production, machinery, automation, automotive etc. However, Upper Austria is not only the home of global leading industrial producers, it is more the home of an eco-system with a healthy mix of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), large Enterprises, producers of goods, producers of...Go to contribution page
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Dr Dayana Carla de Macedo (UNICENTRO - Midwestern State University)18/05/2017, 11:24Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyPresentation only (Category B)The Human Development Index (HDI) is an indicator adopted by the World Health Organization to assess the quality of life of a given region. Its prediction can aid in non-planning and decision-making for advocacy and policy advocacy to improve its development. Thus, the data were collected in the respective survey are corresponding to historical behavior are index of the 149 countries analyzed....Go to contribution page
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Mr FATTOLAHI HOSSEIN (M.E.A.Hossein fattholahi Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam , Iran)18/05/2017, 11:42Future thinking, strategy development, and theory of technologyResearch Paper and Presentation (Category A)Strategic planning process is applied by the successful companies at national and international level. These companies consider strategic planning as a tool to achieve long-term goals and most of them consider their success based on this type of planning. This study aims to formulate a strategic map for Melli bank of Ilam province based on balanced score card using bank tangible assets and...Go to contribution page