Future subjunctive: Backcasting as social learning

Futures

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 839-856

  Robinson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; LEARNING;

EID: 0037926813     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(03)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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