Removing the fear of uncertainty from the future: Theory and practice

Foresight

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 38-45

  Mercer, David ^a   Wilter, Adele ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Surrey County Council Educational Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Local government; Marketing; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242740311     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680210453164     Document Type: Review

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