Trade-offs between policy impacts of future-oriented analysis: Experiences from the innovation policy foresight and strategy process of the City of Vienna

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 953-969

  Weber, K M ^a   Kubeczko, Klaus ^a   Kaufmann, Alexander ^a   Grunewald, Barbara ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Foresight; Innovation policy; Policy impact; Strategy process

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; TRADE-OFF; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRIA; VIENNA;

EID: 74949111636     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537320903262314     Document Type: Article

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