Benchmarking of project planning and success in selected industries

Benchmarking

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 688-700

  Zwikael, Ofer ^a   Globerson, Shlomo ^b  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Project evaluation; Project management; Project planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749402108     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770610709059     Document Type: Article

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