Connecting adaptation and strategy: The role of evolutionary theory in scenario planning

Futures

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-468

  Evans, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FORECASTING METHOD; PLANNING PROCESS;

EID: 79953164592     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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