Causal mapping and scenario building with multiple organisations

Futures

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-229

  Goodier, Chris ^a   Austin, Simon ^a   Soetanto, Robby ^b   Dainty, Andrew ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; COMPETITIVENESS; FUTURE PROSPECT; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 77950857798     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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