Sustainable development in the building sector: A Canadian case study on the alignment of strategic and tactical management

Project Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-100

  Herazo, Benjamin ^a   Lizarralde, Gonzalo ^a   Paquin, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

project management; strategic management; sustainable construction; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858638528     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21258     Document Type: Article

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