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.
As well as presenting a coherent theoretical understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape, there are practical implications for policy-makers and educators wishing to improve entrepreneurial foresight.
What management practices could be used to improve the foresight maturity of companies based in less developed regions?
In addition to asking, "What else did we know back then?" we should be asking, "What are we missing right now?" Hindsight is useful only when it improves our foresight.
"If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit," he said.
"If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit," he told the New York Times in 2008.
Is it that those extra glasses of festive vino are supposed to improve powers of foresight?
Addressing Europe's five most important partner regions (Russia/Ukraine, MENA, Turkey, USA, China), the Dahrendorf Foresight Process was initiated as a pilot project to improve the EU's foresight capabilities.
The FOR-LEARN project4 "aimed at consolidating and improving accessibility to Foresight knowledge and know-how, advancing Foresight knowledge and promoting Foresight throughout Europe".
