The challenge of partner selection in collaborative foresight projects

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 298-310

  Gattringer, Regina ^a   Wiener, Melanie ^a   Strehl, Franz ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collaborative foresight; Foresight; Networked foresight; Open foresight; Partner selection

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COLLABORATIVE FORESIGHT; FORESIGHT; NETWORKED FORESIGHT; OPEN FORESIGHT; PARTNER SELECTION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 85011062034     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.01.018     Document Type: Article

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