Ambidexterity in managing business projects – an intellectual capital perspective

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-389

  Turner, Neil ^a   Maylor, Harvey ^a   Swart, Juani ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Intellectual capital; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930518364     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371311319089     Document Type: Article

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