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The origins and evolution of scenario techniques in long range business planning
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Śliwa, Martyna, Bent Meier Sørensen, & George Cairns. (2015). ‘You have to choose a novel’: The biopolitics of critical management education. Figshare.1 indexed citations
Cairns, George, George Wright, Peter Fairbrother, & Richard Phillips. (2015). Prompting foresight for Innovation in the Face of Regional Fragmentation. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 1–11.1 indexed citations
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Cairns, George, et al.. (2014). Development or dispossession?. Critical Perspectives on International Business. 10(3). 207–223.2 indexed citations
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Fairbrother, Peter, et al.. (2013). Skilling the Bay-Geelong regional labour market profile, final report. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University).2 indexed citations
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Wright, George, et al.. (2013). Scenario methodology: New developments in theory and practice: Introduction to the Special Issue. QUT Business School.5 indexed citations
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Wright, George & George Cairns. (2011). Scenario Thinking. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks.34 indexed citations
Śliwa, Martyna & George Cairns. (2007). The novel as a vehicle for organizational inquiry: Engaging with the complexity of social and organizational commitment. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 7(2). 309–325.7 indexed citations
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Wright, George, et al.. (2005). The origins and evolution of scenario techniques in long range business planning. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library).5 indexed citations
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Bradfield, Ron, George Wright, George Burt, George Cairns, & Ferdinand van der Heijden. (2005). The origins and evolution of scenario techniques in long range business planning. Futures. 37(8). 795–812.741 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cairns, George, et al.. (2004). Exploring e-government futures through the application of scenario planning. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde).1 indexed citations
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Cairns, George, et al.. (2003). Organizational space/time: From imperfect panoptical to heterotopian understanding. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).11 indexed citations
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Heijden, Ferdinand van der, Ron Bradfield, George Burt, George Cairns, & George Wright. (2002). The Sixth Sense: Accelerating Organizational Learning with Scenarios. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde).237 indexed citations
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Cairns, George, et al.. (2002). Environmental Orientation and Corporate Strategy: On the Way to Corporate Sustainability?. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).3 indexed citations
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Beech, Nic, George Cairns, & Alfonso Montuori. (2001). Adjusting the granularity of management perception and action. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 1(3). 30–39.1 indexed citations
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Burt, George, George Cairns, Ferdinand van der Heijden, & George Wright. (2001). The application of scenario planning to internally generated e-government futures. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology).3 indexed citations
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