Contingent management in temporary, dynamic organizations: The comparative analysis of projects

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-271

  Shenhar, Aaron J ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent management; Project organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035457358     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8310(01)00039-6     Document Type: Article

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