Foresight in services: possibilities and special challenges

Marja Toivonen

The Service Industries Journal, 2004, vol. 24, issue 1, 79-98

Abstract: Service sectors have been only loosely linked to foresight projects considered essential for wiring up innovation systems. This article examines possibilities and methodological challenges in the foresight of services on the basis of a study conducted in Finland in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). It also provides empirical results about the future trends in KIBS. The most central of these are the growing emphasis on a consultative way of working and broad service solutions, the tightening linkages to clients' strategies, the blurring of sectoral boundaries and the diversification of the forms of internationalisation.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1080/02642060412331301142

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