Response strategies to stakeholder pressures in global projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-141

  Aaltonen, Kirsi ^a   Sivonen, Risto ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Global projects; Project stakeholder management; Response strategies; Stakeholder pressures

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; EMERGING MARKETS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PROJECTS; INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; PROJECT COMPANIES; PROJECT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT; RESPONSE STRATEGIES; STAKEHOLDER PRESSURES; STRATEGIC RESPONSE; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS;

PLANNING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 59649090896     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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