Stopping runaway IT projects

Business Horizons

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Awazu, Yukika ^a   Desouza, Kevin C ^b   Evaristo, J Roberto ^b  

^a UFJ Bank Limited   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0347592530     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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