Integrating organizational networks, weak signals, strategic radars and scenario planning

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 815-824

  Schoemaker, Paul J H ^a   Day, George S ^a   Snyder, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information processing; Organizational networks; Peripheral vision; Scenario planning; Sense making; Signal scanning; Strategic radar; Weak signals

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK; PERIPHERAL VISION; SCENARIO PLANNING; SENSE MAKING; SIGNAL SCANNING; WEAK SIGNALS;

DATA PROCESSING; RADAR SYSTEMS;

INDUSTRY;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84875380901     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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