| AiA | AIDS in Africa (case study Appendix D) |
| EDF | Electricité de France |
| EPO | European Patent Office (case study Appendix E) |
| G20 | Group of 20 (an informal group of 20 leading national economies) |
| HSE | UK Health and Safety Executive |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| IP | intellectual property |
| JPO | Japan Patent Office |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OFF | Oxford Futures Forum |
| OSP | Oxford Scenarios Programme |
| OSPA | Oxford Scenario Planning Approach |
| R&D | research and development |
| TUNA | Turbulence, Uncertainty, Novelty, and Ambiguity |
| UEG | United European Gastroenterology (case study Appendix C) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| USPTO | US Patent and Trademark Office |