Business risk in early design: A business risk assessment approach

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-46

  Patil, Rahul ^a   Grantham, Katie ^a   Steele, David ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Component; Failure Mode; Function; Risk Analysis

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF SERVICE; RISK ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; BUSINESS FAILURE; BUSINESS OPERATION; BUSINESS RISKS; COMPONENT; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT; QUALITY-OF-SERVICE; RISK IN EARLY DESIGNS; RISKS ASSESSMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84859796102     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2012.11431927     Document Type: Article

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