A resource allocation matrix approach to IT management

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-34

  Mårtensson, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

IT management; IT projects; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745842210     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-006-5727-8     Document Type: Article

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