Defining 'project governance' for large capital projects

South African Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-92

  Bekker, M C ^a   Steyn, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CAPITAL PROJECTS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; DELPHI SURVEYS; FORMAL DEFINITION; PROJECT GOVERNANCE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952567266     PISSN: 1012277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7166/20-2-761     Document Type: Article

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