An empirical illustration of public project ownership

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-39

  Jonny Klakegg, Ole ^a   Olsson, Nils O E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

governance; Norway; owner; ownership; project governance; project organisation; projects; public investments; public projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858668363     PISSN: 17402891     EISSN: 17402905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2010.03188     Document Type: Article

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