Risk factors in distributed projects

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Erickson, James M ^a   Evaristo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS METHODOLOGIES; TASK STRUCTURES; TRANSACTION COST THEORY;

DATA ACQUISITION; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33749593901     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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