Good sources of weak signals: A global study of where futurists look for weak signals

Journal of Futures Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 21-44

  Hiltunen, Elina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Future; Futurist; Sources of weak signals; Weak signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649115363     PISSN: 10276084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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