Problematizing international business futures through a 'critical scenario method'

Futures

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 971-979

  Cairns, George ^a   Śliwa, Martyna ^b   Wright, George ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

EID: 77958153408     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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