Prospective thinking; scenario planning meets neuroscience

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 124, Issue , 2017, Pages 66-76

  McKiernan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; NEUROLOGY; PLANNING;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; MANAGEMENT DOMAINS; SCENARIO PLANNING; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85007384424     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.069     Document Type: Note

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