An empirical investigation on how portfolio risk management influences project portfolio success

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 817-829

  Teller, Juliane ^a   Kock, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Portfolio risk management; Project portfolio management; Risk management quality

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; TRANSPARENCY;

EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; PORTFOLIO RISK MANAGEMENT; PROJECT PORTFOLIO; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; PROJECT PORTFOLIO SUCCESS; PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH ON RISK MANAGEMENTS; RISK PREVENTION;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

COPING STRATEGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84878701795     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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