Future, Inc. : how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next
Eric Garland
| Year of publication: |
c 2007
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| Authors: | Garland, Eric |
| Institutions: | AMACOM (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
New York, NY [u.a.] : American Management Assoc. |
| Subject: | Zukunftsforschung | Futures studies | Trend | Unternehmensplanung | Corporate planning | Wettbewerbsstrategie | Competitive strategy |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Table of Contents [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | 264 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction: Today's chaos, tomorrow's opportunity -- pt. 1. Tools and techniques. Futurism: the antidote to chaos -- Systems thinking: a superhighway to change -- Analyzing trends: real change vs. media hype -- Into the future: making judgments, evaluating forecasts -- Strategic implications: what the future means to you -- Scenario generation: drawing a picture of the future -- Communicating the future--even to the skeptical -- pt. 2. Drivers of the future. Aging: preparing for a new grey world -- Information technology: falling in price, increasing in power -- Health care: new gadgets vs. following doctors' orders -- Biotechnoogy: scratching the surface of the secrets of life -- Energy: getting more out of less -- Nanotechnologies: smaller is better -- Media and communications: six billion channels for six billion people -- Ecology and sustainability: growth can be good -- Epilogue: Where do we go from here? |
| ISBN: | 0-8144-0897-4 ; 978-0-8144-0897-1 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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