how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next Garland, Eric. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York AMACOM c2007 2007 monographic eng

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264 p. : ill. 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? Eric Garland. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Business forecasting Industrial management HD30.27 .G37 2007eb 658.4/01 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10196204 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10196204 CaPaEBR 060912 ebr10196204