Foresight and futures in Europe: An overview

Foresight

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 57-67

  May, Graham H ^a  

^a Futures Skills ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Forward planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350315797     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680910994969     Document Type: Article

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