Strategic foresight using a modified Delphi with end-user participation: A case study of the iPad's impact on Taiwan's PC ecosystem

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 485-497

  Hung, Chih Young ^a   Lee, Wen Yee ^a   Wang, Ding Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

End user participated Delphi; IPad; Strategic foresight; Taiwan's PC ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES; END-USER PARTICIPATIONS; END-USER-PARTICIPATED DELPHI; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; IPAD; SERVICE INNOVATION; STRATEGIC FORESIGHT;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; INDUSTRY; LAPTOP COMPUTERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMPUTER; DELPHI ANALYSIS; INNOVATION;

TAIWAN;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84873990615     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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