Cover -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Forecasting the technology revolution -- Collaborative computing: a new management strategy for increasing productivity and building a better business -- Knowledge integration through networked strategic communities: two case studies in Japan...

Intro -- Praise -- Series -- Title page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Fundamental Considerations in Business Forecasting -- 1.1 Getting Real about Uncertainty -- 1.2 What Demand Planners Can Learn from the Stock Market -- 1.3 Toward a More Precise Definition of Forecastability...

Cover -- Table of contents -- Knowledge-based capabilities and their impact on performance: a best practice management evaluation -- From the deal world to the real world: maximizing M&A value after the deal is done -- Taming the dragon: how to tackle the challenge of future foresight --...

"This title provides many of the most important and though-provoking articles by the leading business forecasting practitioners and academics. It exposes the reader to many of the best minds (and most provocative ideas) in the forecasting profession, with thorough referencing to related material...