Deakin University
Browse

Environmental scanning literature - past, present and future research propositions

journal contribution
posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by Ho Yin WongHo Yin Wong, J Y Hung
The purpose of this paper is to establish research propositions that can potentially fill research gaps in the literature of environmental scanning. Major databases such as ABI/INFORM, and Emerald have been searched to gather literature. The literature on environmental scanning is reviewed with an aim to identify patterns in scanning practices as well as research gaps in the extant literature. Three major phases of the development and three main characteristics of the literature have been identified. Four propositions are suggested to fill the research gaps in the literature of the environmental scanning practices; namely, firm characteristics, market orientation, and top management cognition perspective. Further empirical research is needed to test the four propositions in order to provide a full picture for the environmental scanning literature. The contributions of this paper are: 1) the revelation of the evolution of the environmental scanning literature; 2) the identification of research gaps in the environmental scanning literature; 3) the establishment of propositions through which future research can further the knowledge of environmental scanning.

History

Journal

International journal of business environment

Volume

5

Issue

1

Pagination

30 - 50

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Location

Geneva, Switzerland

ISSN

1740-0589

eISSN

1740-0597

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2012, Inderscience Publishers

Usage metrics

    Research Publications

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC