Knowledge creation dynamics in foresight: A knowledge typology and exploratory method to analyse foresight workshops

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 251-268

  Dufva, Mikko ^a   Ahlqvist, Toni ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Foresight; Foresight process; Futures knowledge; Knowledge creation; Knowledge typology; Workshop

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

FORESIGHT; FUTURES KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE TYPOLOGY; WORKSHOP;

DYNAMICS;

KNOWLEDGE; PLANNING PROCESS; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84938685314     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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