Measuring performance of distributed projects: A proposed methodology

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-229

  Bourgault, Mario ^a   Lefebvre, Elisabeth ^a   Lefebvre, Louis A ^a,c   Pellerin, Robert ^a   Elia, Elia ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Distributed projects; Enterprise development; Metrics; Performance; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449134521     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2009.022628     Document Type: Article

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