Multi-ontology topology of the strategic landscape in three practical cases

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1519-1526

  Aaltonen, Mika ^a   Holmström, Jan ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Design theory; Multi ontology topology; Sensemaking; Strategic landscape

Indexed keywords

DESIGN THEORY; IS DESIGN; KERNEL THEORY; MULTI-ONTOLOGY TOPOLOGY; POINT STRUCTURE; RESEARCH APPROACH; SENSE-MAKING THEORY; SENSEMAKING; STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ONTOLOGY; TOPOLOGY;

DECISION THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN METHOD; LANDSCAPE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78149411532     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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