Can a project champion bias project selection and, if so, how can we avoid it?

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 174-183

  Lefley, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial risk; Investment appraisal; Project evaluation; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030351     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610665031     Document Type: Article

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