National technology foresight research: A literature review from 1984 to 2005

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 5-35

  Yuan, Benjamin J C ^a   Hsieh, Chih Hung ^a,b   Chang, Chien Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Yuan Tze University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benefits; Definition; Empirical cases; Implementation framework; Methodology; National technology foresight; Overview; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954020350     PISSN: 17402816     EISSN: 17402824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2010.032663     Document Type: Article

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