Categorizing risks in seven large projects - Which risks do the projects focus on?

Project Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Krane, Hans Petter ^a   Rolstadås, Asbjørn ^a   Olsson, Nils O E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Risk categories; Risk management; Strategic and operational risks; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649611178     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20154     Document Type: Article

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