| Article ID: | iaor1991546 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Start Page Number: | 223 |
| End Page Number: | 229 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
| Journal: | Engineering Costs and Production Economics |
| Authors: | Silver E.A. |
| Keywords: | materials |
This paper is the result of an ongoing research project, a major step of which was the conducting of lengthy interviews with senior materials management personnel in a sample of organizations recently involved in large scale projects (so-called megaprojects) in the oil and gas industry in Western Canada. However, the decision making issues identified are not restricted to that particular industry.