Technology foresight - More than fashion?

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 653-660

  Peissl, Walter ^a,b,c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Society for Consumer Information   (Austria)

Author keywords

Different levels; Methodology; Overview; Technology foresight

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PLANNING; PUBLIC POLICY;

POLICY FORMULATION;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

EID: 0035006446     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2001.002941     Document Type: Article

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