Studying scenario planning: Theory, research suggestions, and hypotheses

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-73

  Chermack, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Research; Scenario planning; Theory

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

RESEARCH USES; SCENARIO PLANNING; THEORY DEVELOPMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING THEORY; RESEARCH;

EID: 11344260215     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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