Management characteristics of mega-projects

Decision-Making on Mega-Projects: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-39

  De Bruijn, Hans ^a   Leijten, Martijn ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77958089916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848440173.00008     Document Type: Chapter

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