There is little empirical research that demonstrates a link between quality management practice and better project management performance. Some evidence to this effect is presented and analysed. Reviews two studies that examined the relationship between quality management practice and...

Purpose – Based on an Israeli innovation incubators program, aims to describe a procedure to define relevant categories in order to reduce the complexity of representing the population of projects supported by an innovation program in a meaningful way. Design/methodology/approach – Provides...

In this paper we consider the problem of developing an acquisition policy. Specifically, given a set of potential (qualified) suppliers, from whom should the firm buy the product, in what quantities, and how often? We provide properties of the optimal solution and relate them to the approach of...