The influence of business strategy on project portfolio management and its success - A conceptual framework

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 807-817

  Meskendahl, Sascha ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Project portfolio management; Project portfolio success; Strategic orientation; Strategy implementation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; BUSINESS SUCCESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PROJECT PORTFOLIO; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION; STRATEGY FORMULATIONS; STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 77956943420     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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