Business wargaming: Developing foresight within a strategic simulation

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-305

  Schwarz, Jan Oliver ^a  

^a BERLIN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business wargaming; Foresight; Scenario planning; Weak signals

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SIGNAL;

EID: 67650902159     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537320902750590     Document Type: Article

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