| Description |
xiv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 computer disk (5 1/4 in.) |
| Series |
Wiley series in engineering & technology management |
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Wiley series in engineering and technology management.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Overview And Principles. -- Management, Technology, and the Future. -- Principles of Sociotechnical Change. -- Technology Planning. -- Forecasting. -- Managing the Forecasting Project. -- Methods. -- General Methodological Issues. -- The Stimulation of Creativity. -- Monitoring. -- Basic Tools for Quantitative Trend Extrapolation. -- Extrapolating Technological Trends. -- Expert Opinion. -- Simulation. -- Scenarios. -- Economic Forecasting and Analysis. -- Assessment To Manage Technological Change. -- Impact Assessment: General Issues and the Identification of the Impacts of Technology. -- Analysis of the Impacts of Technologies. -- Benefit/Cost and Risk Analysis. -- Evaluation of Technologies and Their Impacts. -- Managing the Present from the Future. -- Appendices. -- Bibliography. -- Index |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
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System reuqirements for computer disk: IBM PC/XT/AT or true compatible computer, or IBM PS/2 or true compatible computer; 512K RAM; MS-DOS or PC-DOS 2.1 or above; hard disk drive with at least 400K of free disk space (recommended, but not required); monochrome, CGA, EGA, or VGA video adapter |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-440) and index |
| Subject |
Technological forecasting.
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Technological forecasting.
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| Author |
Porter, Alan L.
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| LC no. |
90045269 |
| ISBN |
0471512230 (acid-free paper) |
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