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050 00 $aHD30.27$b.G37 2007
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aGarland, Eric.
245 10 $aFuture, inc. :$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 (p. [251]-255) 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.
994 $aC0$bXIM