Beware of proud ambition offered as foresight

Foresight

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-66

  Richardson, Jacques ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Plans; Problem solving; Project evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749113562     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680810869680     Document Type: Article

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