Learning investments and organizational capabilities: Case studies on the development of project portfolio management capabilities

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-351

  Killen, Catherine P ^a   Hunt, Robert A ^b   Kleinschmidt, Elko J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Learning; Organizational innovation; Organizations; Portfolio investment; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650185625     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810883800     Document Type: Article

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