Making anticipatory systems more robust

Foresight

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 72-85

  Rossel, Pierre ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Change management; Communication technologies; Complexity theory; Environmental management; Governance; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953260406     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636681011049893     Document Type: Article

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