Project autonomy in complex service development networks

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-281

  Martinsuo, Miia ^a   Lehtonen, Päivi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Project management; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350051728     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910949293     Document Type: Article

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