Assigning new product projects to multiple-project managers: What market leaders do

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-69

  Patanakul, Peerasit ^a   Milosevic, Dragan ^b  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Project assignment criteria; Project assignment process; Project manager assignments; Theoretical framework

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PROJECT ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA; PROJECT ASSIGNMENT PROCESS; PROJECT MANAGER ASSIGNMENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 33745684889     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hitech.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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