Vanguards and ventures: Projects as vehicles for corporate entrepreneurship

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-496

  Frederiksen, Lars ^a   Davies, Andrew ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability building; Corporate entrepreneurship; Energy sector; Vanguard projects

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TECHNOLOGY;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CLIENT BASE; CLIENT NEEDS; CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ELSEVIER (CO); ENERGY SECTORS; FUTURE RESEARCH; GENERAL (CO); KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LESSONS LEARNED (LL); NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NEW VENTURES; PROJECT BUSINESS; SCALING-UP; TECHNOLOGY BASED;

MARKETING;

CAPACITY BUILDING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENTREPRENEUR; FUTURE PROSPECT; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47249118740     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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