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035			_a(OCoLC)77528512
050	1	4	_aHD30.27 _b.G37 2007eb
082	0	4	_a658.4/01 _222
100	1		_aGarland, Eric.
245	1	0	_aFuture, inc _h[electronic resource] : _bhow businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next / _cEric Garland.
260			_aNew York : _bAMACOM, _cc2007.
300			_a264 p. : _bill.
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?
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aBusiness forecasting.
650		0	_aIndustrial management.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10196204 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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