New product development projects and project manager skill sets in the telecommunications industry

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 308-317

  Kosaroglu, Mustafa ^a   Hunt, Robert Alan ^b  

^a Kosaroglu Management Education and Consulting   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competences; New products; Product development; Project management; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650746531     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910949329     Document Type: Article

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