Exploring value creation from corporate-foresight activities

Futures

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 440-452

  Rohrbeck, René ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84860580456     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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