Past->future

Yes.

You have already been told this in another thread.

Thanks. And......

Within seven days of its introduction, the company would have achieved the goal.

One meaning of the sentence is about past.( speaker's belief that something happened)
Here can future reference be also possible.(counter-factual as sounds to me)

MSoniHere can future reference be also possible.(counter-factual as sounds to me)

This has already been explained: If the Scots had voted for independence yesterday, the new country would have come into existence on 24th March 2016.

This is similar: If they had implemented the plan yesterday, within seven days of its introduction, the compan

According to context the sentence has two meanings. Which use is more usual. One for past (speaker's belief), and other for counterfactual.

I haven't counted, I am afraid.

I might say, " . . . will have come into existence."

Anonymous I might say, " . . . will have come into existence."

That doesn't sound right in this context.

If the Scots "had" voted indicates that they didn't vote, which, in turn indicates that the new country will not come into existence on March 24th, 2016. In this case, would have is correct. "Will have come" indicates an event that will take place in the future. "Would have come" indicates something that could have taken place in the future, had circumstances been different.

'Will have' means that by a point in the future, a certain event will be in the past. "If the Scots had voted for independence yesterday, the new country will have come into existence on 24th March 2016" means that by March 24, 2016, the new country of Scotland would have come into existence. It would have come into exist BEFORE the 24th.

(CAPS means emphasis.)
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