A comprehensive review of Turkish technology foresight project

Foresight

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-42

  Daim, Tugrul ^a   Basoglu, Nuri ^b   Dursun, Orhan ^c   Saritas, Ozcan ^d   Gerdsri, Pisek ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Project management; Technology led strategy; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249106166     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680910936422     Document Type: Article

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