An applicable methodology for strategic risk management during the bidding process

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-80

  Leopoulos, Vrassidas ^a   Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Malandrakis, Charalambos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

bidding process; contracts; project based industry; risk management; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744452708     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2003.003437     Document Type: Article

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