Challenges for corporate foresight: Towards strategic prospective through scenario thinking

Foresight

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-54

  Ratcliffe, John S ^a,b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b World Futures Studies Federation ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication; Creative thinking; Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645035292     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680610647138     Document Type: Article

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