The futures of the service economy in Europe: A foresight analysis

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-96

  Gallouj, Faïz ^a   Weber, K Matthias ^b   Stare, Metka ^c   Rubalcaba, Luis ^d  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Foresight; Future; Knowledge intensive services; Services; Wholesale and retail trade

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; SALES;

EUROPE; FORESIGHT; FUTURE; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICES; RETAIL TRADE; SERVICES;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84929485678     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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