What is project governance and what are its origins?

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1321-1332

  Ahola, Tuomas ^a   Ruuska, Inkeri ^a   Artto, Karlos ^a   Kujala, Jaakko ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Governance; Literature analysis; Project governance

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

GOVERNANCE; LITERATURE ANALYSIS; PROJECT GOVERNANCE; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

COSTS;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84908052013     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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