Project management in small to medium-sized enterprises: A comparison between firms by size and industry

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-296

  Rodney Turner, J ^a,b   Ledwith, Ann ^c   Kelly, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Tour la Villette   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Innovation; Project management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956694056     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910949301     Document Type: Article

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