Futures 2.0: Rethinking the discipline

foresight

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-20

  Soojung Kim Pang, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychology; Research methods; Strategic planning; Thinking styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049120280     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636681011020191     Document Type: Article

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