Risk management for SMEs: Tools to use and how

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-332

  Leopoulos, V N ^a,b   Kirytopoulos, K A ^a   Malandrakis, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Industrial Management and OR Section   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case study; Market research; Project oriented small and medium size enterprises (SMEs); Risk management; Tools

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; MARKET RESEARCH; PROJECT ORIENTED SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE ENTERPRISES (SME);

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOOLS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 33646897691     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280500285136     Document Type: Article

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