The practice of foresight in long-term planning

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-61

  Peter, Marc K ^a   Jarratt, Denise G ^b  

^a ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Foresight; Long term planning

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FORESIGHT; LONG TERM PLANNING; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; RESEARCH ADVANCES; STRATEGIC CAPABILITY; WEAK SIGNALS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84949088338     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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