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100 1 _aGarland, Eric.
245 1 0 _aFuture, inc. :
_bhow businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next /
_cEric Garland.
260 _aNew York :
_bAMACOM,
_cc2007.
300 _a264 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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?
650 0 _aBusiness forecasting.
650 0 _aIndustrial management.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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