gigatrend
English
Etymology
From giga- + trend, using next larger SI prefix from megatrend.
Noun
gigatrend (plural gigatrends)
- A major trend.
- 1982, Kaiser, Christopher, “Course Syllabus: Christianity in a Technological Society”, in Science, Technology & Society, Lehigh University, page 66:
- Gigatrends: The Boundary Conditions of Modern Life and their Formation
- 1997 February 28, László, Ervin; Laszlo, Christopher, The Insight Edge: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Evolutionary Management, Westport: Quorum Books, →ISBN, LCCN 96009049, OCLC 34775946, OL 972209M, page 16:
- An evolutionary gigatrend is far more basic and decisive than any trend currently known to managers and economists, including the megatrends popularized by John Naisbitt in the 1980s.
- 2003, Wyld, David C., “Transforming Procurement: The Potential of Auctions”, in Abramson, Mark A.; Harris, Roland S., editors, The Procurement Revolution, New edition, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, OL 7925264M, page 313:
- Certainly, e-government is such a gigatrend […] being just one of the myriad of evident, tangible ways that the Internet is changing relationships between individuals, businesses, and the government.
- 2006 October 6, Wittbecker, Alan, Good Forestry from Good Theories and Good Practices: Essays on Ecological Forestry & Ecological Design, Cambridge Books, →ISBN, OCLC 122380361, OL 11399816M:
- Although many gigatrends are interrelated, they can be discussed is[sic] several categories: human populations, ecosystems and forest ecosystems, human economics and technology, and forest technology and management.
- 2010 November 30, Furubo, Jan-Eric; Vestman, Ove Karlsson, “Evaluation: For Public Good or Professional Power?”, in Eliadis, Pearl; Furubo, Jan-Eric; Jacob, Steve, editors, Evaluation: Seeking Truth or Power? (Comparative Policy Evaluation, Volume 17), New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, LCCN 2010024013, OCLC 640918039, page 14:
- This gigatrend is based in part on the notion of a society underpinned by a series of dichotomies between values and empirical facts, and between goals and means, etc.
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