Pitfalls in and success factors of corporate foresight projects

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-471

  Öner, M Atilla ^a   Göl, Senem ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

foresight; pitfalls; project; success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749101816     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2007.016470     Document Type: Article

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