Software project managers’ risk preferences

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Lauer, Thomas W ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030376687     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.1996.3     Document Type: Article

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