Megatrends as perceived in Turkey in comparison to Austria and Germany

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 538-557

  Atilla Oner, M ^a   Basoglu, A Nuri ^b   Kok, M Sýtký ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Austria; Factor analysis; Foresight; Germany; Megatrends; Scenarios; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MEDIA CONTENT ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

INNOVATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; TURKEY;

EID: 34147177059     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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