Strategic business forecasting : a structured approach to shaping the future of your business /

Main Author: Ramo, Simon
Other Authors: Sugar, Ronald.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the prediction imperative
  • 1. Poor past predictions
  • 2. Near-term forecasting
  • 3. Possibilities, then predictions : the four-measures procedure
  • 4. Extrapolating from past to future
  • 5. Possibility generators
  • 6. Predicting big externalities
  • 7. The future automobile
  • 8. Terrorism in the United States
  • 9. China and the Asian military arena
  • 10. K-12 education in the United States
  • 11. A nuclear scenario
  • 12. Robotic birds and no-casualty warfare
  • 13. The price of oil
  • 14. The SuperGrid electric power system
  • 15. The Medical Practice Internet Channel
  • 16. The next war.