Square pegs and round holes:Evaluation, uncertainty and risk management

Evaluation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-421

  Forss, Kim ^a   Samset, Knut ^b  

^a Andante Consultants AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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EID: 41149118365     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135638999400830057     Document Type: Article

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