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Submissions from 2001
Postmortem Analysis, Ferry Cosmedy, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Avnish Chauhan, Jaime Hartnell, and Matthias Pfeifer
Project Management Software In The Construction Industry – A Case Study, Ferry Cosmedy, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Rolly Lahagu, Ahmad Lubis, Matthias Pfeifer, and Jarrath Presse
Multifunctional Student Project Teams at PSU’s ETM Department, Ferry Cosmedy, Matthias Pfeifer, and Ravee Boonbutra
Boundary Waters, Michael Evan Cowger
Seventeen Days in the Cat Bird Seat, Meggin Crom
Traditional and Non-Traditional Dispute Settlement in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kris Tina Yurgin Cummings
Enterprise Project Management for BASS Engineering, Mrinal Desai, Matthew M. Hickey, Rizwan Kumte, and Avnish Chanhan
Avian and Mammalian Use of Three Small Urban Wetlands Invaded by a Pest Species, Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris Arundinacea L.), Laurie Dizney
LHD Corporation Case Study, Cheryl Duarte, Lydia Haid, and John Lewis
Environmental Certification: Assessing its Impact as a Corporate Strategy, Danny Duran, Peter Hazenberg, Supachart Iamratanakul, Dale Kadavy, and Scott Leavengood
War Technology: Managing Innovation in the Post-War Economy, Danny Duran, Peter Hazenberg, Supachart Iamratanakul, Dale Kadavy, and Scott Leavengood
Four Square, James Raymond Echtle
Indian Health Service: Project Selection Analysis, Ahmet Ege, Bindu Chilka, Brian Bluelake, Elvan Ozar, and Sam Majam
Breadcrumbs: New and Selected Poems, Jonathan Kirk Ellis
Investment Strategies in Present Times, Akram El-Madhoun, Rakhman Gul, Douglas Harms, Shahzada Iqbal, and Rami Khalaf
Eyes of the Mirror, Margaret Jane Emerson
"Crisis on the Coast" : A Project Management Study of the New Carissa Salvage Operation, Mehmet Can Erginsoy, Doug Harms, Timour Khamnayev, Ozgur Koc, and James VanHuis
UPS Delivery System, Mehmet Can Erginsoy, Massoud Massarat, Tony Sandiford, Akram M. Etmadltoun, and Abitzen Xavier
Reengineering the Customer Service at XCOM, Inc., Mehmet Can Erginsoy, Dan Onu, and Jirasak Tungkawachara
The Nature of Selection in a Cohort of Sixth Graders: Homogeneity of Children’s Friends and Peer Groups With Regard to School Motivation, Tanya L. Fantaski
Snags in Beaver Ponds and Indications of Use by Primary Cavity-Nesting Birds in the Western Oregon Cascades, Jacqueline I. Fern
D1D Contractor Selection Model: A Combined HDM/MOLP Approach, Michael Ferrigno and Matthew Freeland
An Analysis of the Changing Forces Behind Health Insurance Coverage of Homebirth, Christina Anne Gasbarro
The Pocket PC after HP and Compaq Merge, Pisek Gerdsri, Diana Laboy-Rush, Deniz Mamakli, Guillermo Rueda, Suttha Suriyabhivadh, and Yu Chen
The Impact of the HP-Compaq Merger on the PC Market, Pisek Gerdsri, Diana Laboy-Rush, Deniz Mamakli, Guillermo Rueda, Suttha Suriyabhivadh, and Chen Yu