Risk management in a mega-project: the Universal EXPO 2015 case

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-253

  Locatelli, Giorgio ^a   Mancini, Mauro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

EXPO 2015; mega projects; optimism bias; risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908077345     PISSN: 17402891     EISSN: 17402905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2010.035342     Document Type: Article

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