Assessment of corporate foresight project results: Case of a multinational company in Turkey

Foresight

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 49-63

  Öner, M Atilla ^a   Beşer, Senem Göl ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assessment; Corporate strategy; Forward planning; Project evaluation; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953274284     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636681111126247     Document Type: Article

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