Bridging strategic and operational issues for project business through managing trust

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 422-442

  Gustafsson, Magnus ^a   Smyth, Hedley ^b   Ganskau, Elena ^c   Arhippainen, Tomas ^d  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PBI Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^d PBI Research Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Management strategy; Operations management; Project management; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954461146     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371011056066     Document Type: Article

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