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" Future, inc. : "
Eric Garland.
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BL
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636327
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Garland, Eric,1974-
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Future, inc. : : how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next /\ Eric Garland.
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New York :: AMACOM,, c2007.
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264 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0814408974
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: 9780814408971
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-255) and index.
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| Contents
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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?
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Business forecasting.
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Industrial management.
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HD30.27.G37 2007
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