Project costing is an area where more research is needed. Beginning from typical project characteristics we discuss in this article the specific costing problems of the project. The focused is on how the specific problems of the project can be managed with help of activity-based costing. It’s...

In this paper we are investigating how project complexity is affecting the management of single projects in a multi-project environment. The project manager’s perspective is applied. A conceptual framework is developed in order to summarize how project complexity effect project management. The...

The starting point of this paper asserts that managers who elicit and select projects have a moral responsibility. Correspondingly, its purpose is to provide a means for project selectors to appreciate this responsibility so that it can be put into practice. A model of the moral responsibility...

Previous research has been inconclusive as regards the effect of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic investments. In this article we show that this inconclusiveness can be explained at a disaggregated level as a function of the way industries are organized. Based on a simple...

The business model concept is becoming increasingly popular, within traditional strategy theory, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research, and in the emergent body of literature on e-business. However, the concept is often used relatively independently from theory, mening model...

In this paper I discuss how the sales persons, at a computer retailing company, understand themselves as successful in interaction with their customers. The discussion introduces earlier research about success and successful selling, which also reveals the notion as socially constructed. The...