Project portfolio selection in continuous improvement

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1071-1088

  Kornfeld, Bernard J ^a   Kara, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision processes; Lean; Literature review; Project management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053082295     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111172435     Document Type: Review

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