An assessment of various approaches for evaluating project strategic benefits: Recommending the strategic index

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 850-862

  Lefley, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital projects; Corporate strategy; Investment appraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993088462     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410550925     Document Type: Article

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