Corporate foresight and innovation management: A portfolio-approach in evaluating organizational development

Futures

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-393

  von der Gracht, Heiko A ^a   Vennemann, Christoph Robert ^a   Darkow, Inga Lena ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PLANNING METHOD; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77951633779     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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