A Configurational Approach to Project Delays: Evidence From a Sequential Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 335-361

  Krohwinkel, Anna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

configurational approach; mixed methods research; multiproject organizing; qualitative comparative analysis; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942088840     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689814522709     Document Type: Article

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