Project control has been a research topic since decades that attracts both academics and practitioners. Project control systems indicate the direction of change in preliminary planning variables compared with actual performance. In case their current project performance deviates from the planned...

The new realities, generated by globalization and asymmetric conflicts, have a great impact and influence upon society. The military organization has to adapt itself to this new reality. The efficacy of military action is based on the pragmatic process of defense resource management, through the...

This article analyzes the paradigm of Cloud Computing technology adoption in current global business environment in order to optimize expenditures, cash-flows and revenues for various commercial and even non-commercial entities. The subject is treated in a holistic approach emphasizing both the...

To increase the supply of electricity and reduce environmental pollution, China has made an effort to boost the renewable energy. As a renewable energy, wind energy has been maintaining a rapid growth over the last ten years. China has the largest construction market for wind power in the world,...

This paper investigates decision making in the stage-gate process used by an aerospace manufacturer. More specifically, it focuses on the way decision makers deal with uncertainties and ambiguities when making decisions. The stage-gate model was found to be a discussion trigger — a boundary...

Researchers have delved in the study on ICT (Information Communication and Technology) adoption in schools worldwide. Literatures based on social approaches specify that successful ICT adoption by teachers is reliant on dynamics such as attitude, resource provision, skills among others. This...

The value of a project can have multiple significances and it can be assessed in a relation with the project stakeholders’ perceptions, assumptions and expectations. When considering a project, the company is usually interested in economic value. This value can be assessed isolated - the...

Development projects are more and more oriented toward social and institutional change. And yet project management is becoming increasingly bureaucratized. Moreover, taking account of the uncertainty of every project and of the plurality of stakeholders, project management in industrialized...