The P-Form Corporation: Contingencies, Characteristics, and Challenges

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Söderlund, Jonas ^a   Tell, Fredrik ^b,c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KITE Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex product systems; Expertise; Growth trajectories; Integrated solution; Knowledge bases; Organizational design; Resource commitments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924937287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199563142.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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