Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the practice foresight at a public research organization in Brazil. Theoretical framework It was used concept institutes nature, from perspective corporate foresight. Design/methodology/approach A case study carried out Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA). type adopted single study, with an emphasis on in-depth understanding in...

This paper considers whether infinite horizon economies have determinate perfect foresight equilibria. ¥e consider stationary pure exchange economies with both finite and infinite numbers of agents. When there is a finite number of infinitely lived agents, we argue that equilibria are generically determinate. This is because the number of equations determining the equilibria is not infinite, bu...

The current study examined 3- and 7-year-olds' performance on two types of episodic foresight tasks: A task that required 'cool' reasoning processes about the use of objects in future situations and a task that required 'hot' processes to inhibit a salient current physiological state in order to reason accurately about a future state. Results revealed that 7-year-olds outperformed 3-year-olds o...

Counselling acts consist in indicating useful activities, remedying human deficiencies. are guided by practical cognition. Since counselling activities oriented towards the future, their crucial element is foresight. It cognitive reflection foreseeing implementation of acts. actualised rhetorical and communicational context which associated with persuasive delivery content. Belonging to canon, ...

Constraint-based refactoring tools as currently implemented generate their required constraint sets from the programs to be refactored, before any changes are performed. Constraint generation is thus unable to see — and regard — the changed structure of the refactored program, although this new structure may give rise to new constraints that need to be satisfied for the program to maintain its ...

Changes in fiscal policy typically entail two kinds of lags: the legislative lag— between when legislation is proposed and when it is signed into law—and the implementation lag—from when a new fiscal law is enacted and when it takes effect. These lags imply that substantial time evolves between when news arrives about fiscal changes and when the changes actually take place—time when households ...

Most companies generate little drama as they manage the daily tension of their uncertain futures. And they rather like it that way, since forecasting errors can generate bad publicity. After the fact, it is usually easy to understand why a calculated gamble failed due to a bit of bad luck. It is more difficult to identify a mistake for which management is responsible. In this column, I’ll focus...