Project management elements as strategic assets: Preliminary findings

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 604-617

  Jugdev, Kam ^a   Mathur, Gita ^b  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Factor analysis; Project management; Resource management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031745     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610712317     Document Type: Article

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