Competing logics: Project failure in Gaspesia

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-244

  Vit, Gregory B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appreciative systems; Gaspesia; Institutional and organizational theory; Multiple logics; Project risk management; Strategizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955731140     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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