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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Aligning Projects
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Front Matter
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Generating Information
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Analysing Information
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Management School, University of Southampton, UK
Terry M. Williams
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway
Knut Samset
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Norwegian Competition Authority, Norway
Kjell J. Sunnevåg
About the editors
TERRY WILLIAMS is a Management Scientist at Southampton University, UK. After 9 years in engineering consultancy developing project risk management, he worked at Strathclyde University, becoming Professor and Department Head, researching the behaviour of major projects and supporting post-project claims. He is a speaker/writer on project modelling, and has written 60 refereed journal articles and books on modelling and learning from complex projects. He is a member of many leading research networks.
KJELL SUNNEVÅG is a senior adviser at the Norwegian Competition Authority. He has worked as a research economist since 1987. His first position was at the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, research focus being on petroleum economics. Later, he moved to the Foundation for research in Economics and Business Administration (SNF), extending the research interests to energy economics and public policy and economics. One of his last assignments there was editing/contribute to a report on making decisions based on scant information.
KNUT SAMSET is Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and director of a research program on front-end management of major investment projects. He has a background in engineering and social science and has worked many years as consultant and advisor to national and international governmental organizations. He has written a number of books on project design, evaluation, and project risk management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Making Essential Choices with Scant Information
Book Subtitle: Front-End Decision Making in Major Projects
Editors: Terry M. Williams, Knut Samset, Kjell J. Sunnevåg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236837
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-20586-4Published: 26 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30224-6Published: 26 March 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23683-7Published: 26 March 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 417
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Knowledge Management, Management, Economics, general, Project Management