Project strategy: strategy types and their contents in innovation projects

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-70

  Artto, Karlos ^a   Martinsuo, Miia ^a   Dietrich, Perttu ^a   Kujala, Jaakko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innovation; Project management; Project planning; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849100095     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810846414     Document Type: Review

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