The integration of sustainability within value management practices: A study of experienced value managers in the GCC countries

Project Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 50-59

  Al Saleh, Yasser M ^a   Taleb, Hanan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gulf cooperation council countries; Sustainability; Value management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650093797     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20147     Document Type: Article

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