Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse) and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
How to act during the financial crisis
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday's logic.” Peter Drucker
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse) and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
4 Scenarios for the Future of the Global Financial Crisis
We are living in uncertain times. Traditional prognoses are constantly being updated as markets change. In January 2008, oil analysts predicted that the price of oil could go as high as $200 a barrel and that prices below $100 were unlikely. In July...
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse) and Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
Strategies for success during an economic crisis situation
CIFS has complied a list of 8 strategies that your organization can use to exploit the new opportunities that often arise during crises. History is awash with examples of organizations that have exploited crises to gain market shares and develop new ...
Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: The world economy's cohesive forces towards 2013
2008 is marked by greater uncertainty than in many years when it comes to the development of the financial markets and the economy. It is after a period in which the world economy has been stronger than at any time since the oil crisis in 1970s. The ...
Anders Bjerre (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: China
China is one of the great success stories of recent decades. Since the reforms of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, the country has undergone a remarkable economic transformation. In doing so, China has become far more integrated into the world economy and has ...
Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: The Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa are in a phase of dramatic development that the problem-focused, often critical, flow of news about the area is not always able to capture. Few places in the world display such a blend of traditionalism and modernism ...
Henrik Persson (2008)
MR #1/2008 Strategic issue: Food
Is the wolf at the door? Already in 1798, Thomas Malthus, in his “An Essay on the Principle of Population,” anticipated that there would be insufficient food in the future. Right after publication, technological advances boosted food production beyo...
Jeffrey Scott Saunders (2008)
Global Warming: The Carbon Footprint Challenge and the Consumer
Limiting climate change due to global warming seems simple: reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While this seems straightforward, it isn't. Unless there are radical changes to our entire energy supply, the demands for reduction will clash with the...
Sally Khallash, Sara Shamekhi, Anders Bjerre, Henrik Persson, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Jeffrey Scott Saunders and Martin Kruse (2008)
Members' Report #1/2008 Strategic issues
The world is changing. What will be the consequences for strategic planning? 2007 saw sharp declines in share prices around the world. The fear of a recession was met with a cut in US interest rates of 0.75%, the biggest cut in 15 years. At the same ...
Jessica Panke Wagner, Carsten Beck, Martin Kruse, Henrik Persson, Jeffrey Scott Saunders and Kenneth Stormoen (2007)
Members' Report 4/2007: Global Warming - today's debate, tomorrows dilemma
No matter which technological solutions we come to devise in the next ten years, no matter which consensus we reach, no matter what happens when the Kyoto protocol expires in 2012, today's debate and our view of the state of the world will significan...
Troels Theill Eriksen, Henrik Persson, Martin Kruse, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Birthe Linddal Hansen and Carsten Beck (2007)
Members' Report 1/2006: Polarisation Trends 2016
Developments in our society during the past 5-10 years have made possible a future society characterised by tension, division and marginalisation, which will come true if we don't act now. This members' report lists, documents and elaborates seven of...
Kristina L. Søgaard, Trine Aagaard Sørensen, Julie Kronstrøm Carton, Jacob Suhr Thomsen, Christine Lind Ditlevsen and Kirstine Westh Jensen (2007)
Members' Report 2/2006: Mind your global business
Globalization, understood as the increased flow of knowledge, information, goods, ser-
vices and people across national borders, will have greater consequences for both work-
ing life and business in coming years. When thinking about globalizatio...
Sally Khallash, M.Svendsen, Martin Kruse, Anders Bjerre, P.K.Bengtsen, Carsten Beck, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, K.E.Høeg, Patrick Damsted, Jacob Suhr Thomsen, Julie Kronstrøm Carton, Frank Høgholm Pedersen, T.T.Eriksen, Christine Lind Ditlevsen and S.B.Kirketerp (2007)
Members' Report 1/2007: Places to Go
You sit with a piece of future history in your hand. Hold onto it tightly - because it can
easily slip away!
Klaus Æ. Mogensen (2007)
The new anarchism
The old anarchists dreamed of a society without central control. Now that vision is becoming reality - on the Internet. Much indicates that the new anarchism will spread to the physical world, with great consequences for our commercialized world. Wil...
Johan Peter Paludan (2007)
Changing forms of work in the global competition
The following deliberations are formulated by a futurologist and not by a classic university affiliated social scientist, like the majority on this conference on ‘Arbeitsgestaltung in der Netzwerkökonomie’. This might result in a different approach a...
Johan Peter Paludan (2005)
Globaliseringen - markedsøkonomiens højeste stade?
Der er jo ikke noget nyt i globaliseringen. I en vis forstand kan man sige, at den har eksisteret i Europa siden afslutningen på den seneste istid. Da jernbaner åbnede det russiske kornkammer i 1870'erne, blev landbruget udsat for omstillingskrav, de...
Uffe Palludan (2005)
Copenhagen's glorious future
In the future, Copenhagen will be one of the world's leading brands. Neither vision or real possibilities are lacking. Here's historical and geographical glimpse into how Copenhagen will have a glorious future.
Gert Tinggaard Svendsen (2005)
Trust is worth its weight in gold
The Nordic countries scored highest on a new index that indicates people's general feeling of trust in others. In Denmark two out of three people trust others, while only one out of 20 Brazilians trust each other. Greater confidence in others may not...
Martin Kruse (2005)
China - the joker of globalization?
What will we make when the Chinese can make everything more cheaply than we can? Globalization is often described as a tsunami washing over the West and taking all the jobs with it to Asia. Can we expect anything to brake or stop globalization? Will ...
Martin Kruse (2005)
Megatrends: Global or regional?
Megatrends are dominating bellwethers that, in all probability, will remain valid for a minimum of the next 15 years. They influence larger portions of society and industry. Megatrends are reliable driving forces, although their effect on regions var...
Johan Peter Paludan (2005)
Globalization - zenith of the market economy?
Globalization is nothing new. To some extent, it has existed in Europe since the end of the last ice age made room for it. When railroads opened the Russian breadbasket in the 1870s, European agriculture was sent into an upheaval that rivals today's ...
Peter Mørkeberg Hindsby (2005)
Coming to a street near you
Are multinational companies the true urban planners and culture entrepreneurs of the future? Read about how Berlin nearly became Niketown, and how Copenhagen recently experienced the latest, contemporary urban branding strategies.
Jon Frederik Høyrup (2005)
Biotech's opium war
Asian countries are exceptionally enthusiastic about biotechnology's development. Governments take initiatives. Dynamism and economic results are driven by enthusiasm. Biotechnological researchers attain rock-star status. Why is this happening in the...
Sean Pillot de Chenecey (2005)
‘Communities of Interest' in the global economy
In an issue of FO/Futureorientation devoted to globalization, there's one person that you must acknowledge - Theodore Levitt. It's over twenty years since he wrote his epoch-making article “The Globalization of Markets” in Harvard Busines...
Lise Holt Olesen (2005)
Human resources and globalization
Globalization brings with it great challenges - also in human resources. The company that is ready for the future develops creative environments to hold on to the best minds. And they work actively with internal diversity to match the growing diversi...
Cathrine Schmidt (2005)
How place matters in consumption
The place is the way to experience the world that affects us most. So consumption and marketing in the future will also be tied to “place.” But “place” cannot be justified, formed, and renewed in isolation from the rest of the...
Anders Kristian Munk (2005)
Placemaking - a French example
What are the success criteria when “the local goes global?” This article takes the pulse of the hard-pressed French wine industry, and describes a specific survival strategy for actively using globalization. When one wants to have the ben...
Gitte Larsen (2005)
How global are you?
How global are you?
Kåre Stamer Andreasen and Jekob Kelstrup (2005)
Members' Report 1/2005: Russian Prospects - political and economic scenarios
Developments in Russia over the next 15 years could become of great importance to the World. There are many paths that Russia's political and economic development may follow towards 2020. This members' report evaluates the various possibilities and c...
Kåre Stamer Andreasen and Martin Kruse (2005)
Energy and environment 2040
Energy is crucial to the continuing growth of the global economy and to secure global wealth. Global energy
consumption has increased almost exponentially since 2005. Even then Asia was the continent that used the
largest share of the World's energ...
Kåre Stamer Andreasen and Jane Pedersen (2005)
Europe's Energy Future
The European energy policy is standing at a crossroads where crucial decisions must be made in the near
future. The principal decisions have been made, but conditions resembling planned economy in the energy
sectors of many countries, environmental...
K. Andreasen, Carsten Beck, Anders Bjerre, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, M. Harms, J. Høyrup, Martin Kruse, B. Linddal, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, U. Palludan, K. Zinck, T.T. Eriksen and Søren Riis (2004)
Members' Report 4/2004: 2040
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies had its 35th anniversary in January 2005. For that occasion, we look ahead rather than back and present a possible view of the World of 2040 A.D. with special attention paid to the Scandinavian countries. ...
Axel Olesen (Direktion og ledelse), Søren Riis, Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen, Kristina L. Søgaard, Klaus Æ. Mogensen, Morten Grønborg, Henrik Persson, K. Andreasen, M. Søltoft, U. Palludan, B. Linddal and Gitte Larsen (2004)
Members' Report 4/2003: 10 tendencies towards 2010
10 tendencies towards 2010 is a presentation of the struggle for the
future. The tendencies set the stage, but they don't decide the
outcome. The outcome is decided by the people and companies that find
both challenges and opportunities in this st...
Henrik Persson (2003)
Scenarios for the Future of the European Union
Referendums always raise questions about the future. That is also true
for the referendum about the Euro in Sweden September 14th 2003. The
most central question raised by this referendum is what kind of future
Europe we want. No matter the result...
Kåre Stamer Andreasen, Søren Jensen and Uffe Palludan (2003)
Future transport of goods - Scenarios for Europe's future transport of goods in the Baltic Region
Today, Europe has a historic opportunity to ensure peace and prosperity through cooperation. However, the continent’s future intra-trade, integration and environment are threatened by a breakdown of traffic. Parts of Europe, especially
Germany, are ...
Søren Steen Olsen (2003)
No, Globalisation is not a straitjacket
I know it’s a cliché, but still: if you only plan on reading one book about globalisation, then let this be the one!
(2002)
Have Market Conditions Become Global?
Review: Ongoing Changes in the Business Cycle. OECD Economic Outlook, June 2002.
Niels Bøttger-Rasmussen (2002)
Limits to Growth
Is the current economic crisis an omen of a stagnating economy? Through the last century, we have in the Western world been used to average annual growth rates of 2-3 percent. Growth is the basis for capitalist economy. But are there limits to it?
Søren Steen Olsen (2002)
The World Has Common Values
Companies don't have to start from scratch when they want to develop a business ethic. And even global companies can have ethical guidelines that can be accepted by all and which are meaningful.
Nicolai Carlberg (2001)
The Really Good Story
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies thinks that one of the most important future criteria for success in the field of communication is the ability to tell ‘the really good story'. ‘The good story' because a good story, with its dramaturgy, p...
Troels Theill Eriksen (2001)
No, Norden Will NOT Exist in 2020!
Norden (the closely tied Nordic region consisting of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Finland) will NOT exist in 2020. This was the immediate conclusion from a group of Nordic youths after a number of sessions about the future of Norden.
Carsten Beck and Kristina L. Søgaard (2001)
Megatrends after September 11th 2001
About two months ago, the fall membership programme for the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies was published. And then came September 11th with all its horror, uncertainty and follow-up questions. What are the consequences? In the short term as...
Trine Schjødt (2001)
You Will Become Your Own Boss!
In a few years you'll go to your place of learning mainly to hang out. E-learning and long distance schools make you the centre of your own educational universe, but remember: networking is the way to go!
Søren Steen Olsen (2001)
Brands and Consumers: Who Controls Who?
In the new global economy, brands represent an increasing part of the value of corporations and are their greatest source of profit. Hence, corporations go from making product to marketing hopes, images and lifestyles. CIFS has read “Who's wearing th...
Martin Stauber (2001)
Triumphant Nationalism
What will neo-nationalism look like? Who will become “the other”? What symbols will become important? What consequences will it have for the individual? A recent survey by Professor Peter Gundelach shows that Danes are very happy about living in Denm...
Anne-Marie Dahl (2001)
The Worried Consumer
Eggs from battery hens are cheap, but wake a somewhat embarrassed feeling in us. Free-range eggs from “organically” bred hens cost three times as much, but with that we get a little pastoral idyll and some sentiment for the happy hens on top. One mad...
