Contracting for major projects: Eight business levers for top management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-130

  von Branconi, Christof ^a,b   Loch, Christoph H ^c,d  

^a Polyamid 2000 AG   (Germany)

^b PRMC Project Risk Mgmt Consulting   (Germany)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Contingencies; Engineering projects; EPCM; LSTK; Project contracts; Relationships

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

CONTRACTORS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0347516588     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(03)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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