The state of play in the futures field: A metascanning overview

foresight

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 6-20

  Slaughter, Richard ^a  

^a Foresight International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Forward planning; International cooperation; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350318831     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680910994932     Document Type: Article

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