A comparison of r&d project termination factors in four industrial nations

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-96

  Balachandra, R ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; FACILITIES; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY;

INDUSTRIAL NATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TERMINATION;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030082898     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.491272     Document Type: Article

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