STR.Sources:1 - Source use and currentness
The source contributions below support particular actions, not independent confirmation of the entire framework or its constructed outcomes. Reuse a source at the strength, conditions and scope of its actual contribution. A newer date alone does not make a method better.
| Working question | Source contribution and selected use | Serious alternative and limit |
|---|---|---|
| Which futures are worth constructing? | Cordova-Pozo and Rouwette, 2023, a review of scenario reviews, informs STR.4’s discriminating futures. | A single qualified forecast can suffice; neither a two-by-two format nor general effectiveness follows from using scenarios. |
| How can a choice remain useful under deep uncertainty? | Lempert and colleagues, 2024, climate-assessment methodological analysis, informs robustness and adaptation in STR.9/12. | Optimization under one justified future remains useful. Transfer from climate assessment does not validate a corporate decision. |
| When should an adaptive course change? | Lynch and colleagues, 2025, ecological cases, inform the separation of signals and reconsideration in STR.12. | Periodic review or a direct authorized operating rule may suffice. The cases supply no universal corporate threshold. |
| How much agility is worth sustaining? | Teece, 2025, theoretical synthesis, informs capability and efficiency trade-offs in STR.8/14. | Neither maximal flexibility nor current efficiency is automatically best. The case’s capability and cost claims need their own support. |
| Does revisable entrepreneurial action remove judgement? | Rapp, Olbrich and Packard, 2026, online 2025, conceptual analysis, informs qualified affordable-loss and commitment judgements. | Forecast-led and means-led approaches have different useful conditions; the argument proves no universal winner. |
| When is further inquiry worth doing? | Camuffo and colleagues, 2024, randomized studies of teaching a scientific approach to firms, informs discrimination and legitimate termination in STR.7/12. | An adequate existing answer can end inquiry. The studies do not mandate an experiment or guarantee revenue in each new case. |
| Which alternatives should survive exploration? | Toche, Pellerin and Fortin, 2020, and Al Handawi and colleagues, 2024, inform selective retention and meaningful narrowing in STR.6–STR.9. | Immediate commitment saves carrying cost. Design research and a simulated component comparison do not establish universal strategic superiority. |
| How can a trial remain accountable? | OECD, 2024, and its 2025 STI Outlook chapter, inform bounded experimentation and later disposition. | A temporary pilot is not automatically permissible. Participation, rights, funding and professional determinations retain their own conditions. |
The strategic Method synthesis explains the shared construction; the framework-guidance and professional-results account preserves the receiving-use and authority boundaries.