The influence of intervening conditions on the over- and underestimation of risk

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kutsch, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Project management; Risk

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; IT PROJECT; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT RISK; PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870630903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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