As explained above, the study posed new research questions, which orientated the research towards two directions: (1) to propose and test ways to reach higher levels of foresight maturity in companies based in less developed regions willing to improve their foresight capabilities and (2) to enhance the Foresight Maturity Model itself.
The data collected in such a multi-region survey would primarily enable one to identify interdependencies between the level of the development of the region and the foresight capability of companies, and secondly it would allow one to enhance the Foresight Maturity Model through the inclusion of other components that could result from specific national or regional contexts.
Interdisciplinary dialogue with peers in the Institution to discuss our work in Narrative Foresight also enhanced reflexivity in the dialogue with other disciplines, showing that said disciplines were also based on certain narratives (modernization, development, productive revolution or even innovation).
Foresight enhances products; some companies introduced new products, product variations, and standardized packaging because of the foresight activities.
In a message to the Johns Hopkins community, current university President Ronald J. Daniels praised Muller's innovation and foresight, which dramatically enhanced the institution's national and global prominence.
The Foresight Report proposes that mental wellbeing is enhanced when a person's individual and social goals are fulfilled and they can achieve a sense of purpose in society[[ 4], p.2].
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate, trough the recent experience of the regional government of Lombardy, the role of foresight for enhancing public procurement and innovation policy at the regional level.
In this regard, strategic foresight further enhances the capacity of policy actors to scrutinise policy proposals and articulate a publics' choices.
With the foresight to enhance preparedness and response to communicable disease threats the European Union created a specialized agency in Stockholm, Sweden.
Overall, the results of our research may contribute to improve the effectiveness of strategic foresight and to increase its value added to the planning process of corporate firms, while providing helpful insight to public organizations that promote foresight exercises for enhancing the competitiveness of local firms.
