Does investment in project management pay off?

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 832-856

  Spalek, Seweryn ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Company; Cost reduction; Investment; Maturity; Project management; Projects; Survey

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; COSTS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MACHINERY; RESEARCH; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; MANAGEMENT MATURITIES; MATURITY; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; PROJECTS; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; SOCIAL IMPLICATION; THREE INDUSTRIES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84902823531     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-10-2013-0447     Document Type: Article

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