Forecasting support systems technologies-in-practice: A model of adoption and use for product forecasting

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 322-336

  Asimakopoulos, Stavros ^a   Dix, Alan ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption factors; Forecasting practice; Forecasting support systems; Product forecasting; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874141520     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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