Supply process development for multi-project management

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-396

  Sandhu, Maqsood ^a   Helo, Petri ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case study; Dice game; Multi project management; Project business; Resource dependency; Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645301562     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2006.009087     Document Type: Review

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