Governance of major public investment projects: in pursuit of relevance and sustainability

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-167

  Jonny Klakegg, Ole ^a   Haavaldsen, Tore ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Governance; Project management; Public administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865393458     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371111096953     Document Type: Article

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