Incorporating network perspectives in foresight: A methodological proposal

Foresight

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 21-41

  Nugroho, Yanuar ^a   Saritas, Ozcan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Networking; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849096792     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680911004948     Document Type: Article

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