This paper describes parts of the results of a Nolan Norton Institute research project “Strategic Sourcing and Partnerships” executed with 20 international companies. We applied scenario planning to arrive at a number of plausible future scenarios for ICT sourcing and partnerships for the year 2003 / 2005.The scenarios elaborate on issues such as: (1) What are the key environmental and business...

Selecting appropriate technology strategy is crucial to those designing ICT-based offering for specific geographical market. The antecedents of adopting particular technology can be used to identify opportunities and barriers of entry, but further information is needed for technology management on how adoption would take place. In this paper, it is argued that deploying a scenario method facili...

In this paper, the author reports findings from research concerning the planning of learning scenarios in education. The purpose of the research is to explore the value of this scenario planning and reflection-on-action. In particular, the research objective is to explore how this innovative method can guide the adoption of ICT in education and cultivate competencies for lifelong and lifewide l...

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...