An effective outline business case to facilitate successful decision-making

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-197

  Gannon, Mark John ^a   Smith, Nigel John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchical process; Business case; Project affordability; Project decision making; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; BUSINESS CASE; PROJECT AFFORDABILITY; PROJECT DECISION-MAKING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952433990     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.538707     Document Type: Article

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