Managerial foresight: Concept and measurement

Foresight

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-66

  Amsteus, Martin ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Forward planning; Managers; Organizational behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749108913     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680810856026     Document Type: Article

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