Extending the influence of scenario development in sustainability planning and strategy

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2449-2466

  Mulvihill, Peter R ^a   Kramkowski, Victoria ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Scenario building in support of sustainability strategy (SBSS); Scenario development; Scenarios; Weak signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954532486     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2082449     Document Type: Review

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