Emergent project management: How foreign managers can leverage local knowledge

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-205

  Ramaprasad, Arkalgud ^a   Prakash, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ANPrakash Cons ConstrProjMgmt   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Emergent project management; International projects; Managing projects

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FOREIGN MANAGERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037375751     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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