Managing the institutional context for projects

Project Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 20-32

  Morris, Peter W G ^a   Geraldi, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

context; institutional theory; institutions; management of projects; portfolio management; program management

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755182956     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20271     Document Type: Article

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