Benchmarking project management practices of Caribbean organizations using analytic hierarchy process

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-356

  Dey, Prasanta Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Benchmarking; Project management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 0010835277     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770210442680     Document Type: Article

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