Identifying expected areas of future innovation by combining foresight outputs

foresight

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-18

  Yokoo, Yoshiko ^a   Okuwada, Kumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combination; Delphi method; Foresight; Forward planning; Innovation; Scenario; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874179899     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636681311310105     Document Type: Article

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