The organisation of Corporate Foresight: A multiple case study in the telecommunication industry

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-79

  Battistella, Cinzia ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate foresight; Multiple case study; Organisational design; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

CORPORATE FORESIGHT; EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS; INTERNAL COHESION; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; ORGANISATIONAL; ORGANISATIONAL DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE;

RESEARCH;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84904166266     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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