Project benefit management: A conceptual framework of target benefit formulation

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 352-362

  Chih, Ying Yi ^a   Zwikael, Ofer ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Project benefit realization; Project funding decision making; Public sector; Target benefit formulation

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; FORMULATION PROCESS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PROJECT BENEFIT REALIZATION; PROJECT FUNDING; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84916884925     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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