Perceptions of the relationship between scenario planning and firm performance: A qualitative study

Futures

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 581-592

  Visser, Maarten P ^a   Chermack, Thomas J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 69249222744     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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