Governing project-based firms: Promoting market-like processes within hierarchies

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-25

  Lindkvist, Lars ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Governance; Project based firms; R D organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843135090     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MAGO.0000015392.75507.ad     Document Type: Article

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