Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-192

  Walker, Derek H t ^a   Anbari, Frank T ^b   Bredillet, Christophe ^c   Söderlund, Jonas ^d   Cicmil, Svetlana ^e   Thomas, Janice ^f  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Management research; Project management; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884498059     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538370810866313     Document Type: Article

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