Basic conceptions and visions of the regional foresight system in Finland

Foresight

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 34-45

  Kaivo oja, Jari ^a   Marttinen, Jouni ^a   Varelius, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Knowledge management systems; Planning; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242723292     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680210453470     Document Type: Review

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