Forecastability, chaos and foresight

Foresight

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 22-33

  Foo, Check Teck ^a   Foo, Check Tong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Forecasting; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242677756     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680310507280     Document Type: Review

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