Today’s CIO is faced with an increasingly complex business environment, making the strategic management of information systems (IS) a daunting task. Technological change, shifting customer needs and wants, and the trend toward globalization are just a few of the external factors that impact IS strategy during the formulation stage. Scenario planning is a technique that has been used in strategy...

In this paper we use four main dimensions: Vulnerability, Human Behaviour, Hazards and Expected Utility to analyze their impact in scenario planning when cross-matched with Human Development Adjusted, Gender Inequality and Multidimensional Poverty Indexes within flood risk management strategies. We argue that the four dimensions are among the central factors behind the poor quality of life. Hen...

Though traditional DSS provide strong data management, modelling and visualisation capabilities for the decision maker, they do not explicitly support scenario management appropriately. Systems that purport to support scenario planning are complex and difficult to use and do not fully support all phases of scenario management. This research presents a life cycle approach for scenario management...

a r t i c l e i n f o We introduce a multiple scenario, multiple period, optimization-based decision support system (DSS) for strategic planning in a process industry. The DSS is based on a two stage stochastic linear program (SLP) with recourse for strategic planning. The model can be used with little or no knowledge of Management Sciences. The model maximizes the expected contribution (to pro...

nowadays, strategic planning was very important for every company, many companies realize the importance of strategic planning. holding companies have considered this issue. strategic planning in holding multibusinessess company differs from other single companies based on complexities. holding companies are faced with two important strategic decisions: 1) what areas and how investments should ...

Yigitcanlar, Tan and Velibeyoglu, Koray (2008) Knowledge-based strategic planning: harnessing (in)tangible assets of city-regions. Knowledge-based strategic planning: harnessing (in)tangible assets of city-regions Structured Abstract Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways of best managing city-regions' valuable tangible and intangible assets while pursuing a knowledge-based ...

Due to the rapid expansion of information and communication technology (ICT) usage, the telecommunications industry is faced with a challenge to promote green ICT toward achieving a low-carbon society. One critical obstacle in planning long-term strategies for green ICT is the uncertainty of various external factors, such as consumers’ lifestyle and technological advancement. To tackle this iss...