Appropriate persistence in a project: The case of the Wine Culture and Tourism Centre in Bordeaux

European Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 341-353

  Cusin, Julien ^a   Passebois Ducros, Juliette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural installation; Escalation; Failure; Persistence; Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945465415     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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