Focusing on business projects as an area for future research: An exploratory discussion of four different perspectives

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 699-709

  Winter, Mark ^a   Andersen, Erling S ^b   Elvin, Roger ^c   Levene, Ralph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c e change Training   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business projects; Change processes; Intervention processes; Service delivery; Value creation

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INTEGRATED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS; LONG-TERM PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 33750933987     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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