The Project Business: Analytical Framework and Research Opportunities

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Artto, Karlos ^a   Davies, Andrew ^b   Kujala, Jaakko ^c   Prencipe, Andrea ^d,e  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High technology; Managerial challenges; Professional services; Project business; Project based firms; Successful management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924935747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199563142.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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