Lessons from using scenarios for strategic foresight

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1513-1518

  Bezold, Clem ^a  

^a Institute for Alternative Futures   (United States)

Author keywords

'Allergic reactions' to foresight; 'Aspirational futures'; Foresight lessons; Government and corporate foresight

Indexed keywords

'ASPIRATIONAL FUTURES'; ALLERGIC REACTIONS; FORESIGHT LESSONS; GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE FORESIGHT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; STRATEGIC FORESIGHT;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; PROFITABILITY;

INDUSTRY;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNMENT; PREDICTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 78149407877     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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