Methods for studying the information systems future

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 356 AICT, Issue , 2011, Pages 299-316

  Gray, Paul ^a   Hovav, Anat ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Delphi; environmental scanning; Modeling the future; role of futures in academic research; scenarios

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DELPHI; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; RESEARCH METHODS; ROLE OF FUTURES IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH; SCENARIOS;

RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 79961185127     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21364-9_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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