Scenario thinking: A practice-based approach for the identification of opportunities for innovation

Futures

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1154-1163

  Sarpong, David ^a   Maclean, Mairi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INNOVATION; PLANNING THEORY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL THEORY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80052951513     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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