Fading glory? Decision-making around the project - how and why 'glory' projects fail

Project Governance: Getting Investments Right

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-255

  Cicmil, Svetlana ^a   Braddon, Derek ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c United Nations University   (Serbia)

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EID: 85006626474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137274618     Document Type: Chapter

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