Reassessing risk in developing country infrastructure

Long Range Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-353

  Doh, Jonathan P ^a   Ramamurti, Ravi ^b  

^a Villanova University   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038603026     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-6301(03)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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