Refining the search for project success factors: A multivariate, typological approach

R and D Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-126

  Shenhar, Aaron J ^a   Tishler, Asher ^a   Dvir, Dov ^a   Lipovetsky, Stanislav ^a   Lechler, Thomas ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0036001524     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9310.00244     Document Type: Article

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