Speeding up strategic foresight in a dangerous and complex world: A complexity approach

Corporate Strategies under International Terrorism and Adversity

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 20-37

  Boisot, Max ^a   McKelvey, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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