A two-way influence between business strategy and project management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 493-505

  Srivannaboon, Sabin ^a   Milosevic, Dragan Z ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementing strategy; Managing projects; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; CASE-STUDY METHODOLOGY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746601455     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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