Assessing the future of futures studies in management

Futures

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Oliver Schwarz, Jan ^a  

^a BERLIN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DELPHI ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONITORING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 39049102072     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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