Project management in retailing: Integrating the behavioral dimension

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-341

  Rudolph, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Tillmann ^b   Fawcett, Stanley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

change management; organizational behavior; project management; retail management; retail technology; service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952582499     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593960802113950     Document Type: Article

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