Risk management applied to projects, programs, and portfolios

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-35

  Sanchez, Hynuk ^a   Robert, Benoit ^a   Bourgault, Mario ^a   Pellerin, Robert ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Corporate strategy; Project management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951656656     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370910930491     Document Type: Review

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