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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
Form or Function First in Foreign Language Classrooms?, Senta Görtler
Project Selection: The “Real Options” Approach, Rakhman Gul
AT&T: From Wired to Wireless, Ashish Gupta, Khanh Nguyen, Thuchchai Piyakulchaidej, and Wendy Christensen
Wireless Broadband, Ashish Gupta, Khanh Nguyen, Thuchchai Piyakulchaidej, and Wendy Christensen
The Reengineering of X Bank, Lydia Haid, Deniz Mamakli, and Elvan Ozar
Team Five A's, Jim Hall, Gary Ficek, Sunshine Sanchez, Hasnaj Mat Amin, and Ming Shi
Cross-Cultural Teams and Projects: Issues and Trends in the ‘90s, Jim Hall, Gary Ficek, Sunshine Sanchez, Hasnah Mat-Amin, and Ming Shi
An Analysis of Sex Trafficking in the Asian Region in an Era of Globalization, Corie J. Hammers
Hitting the Line Hard : the Height of the Social Hygiene Movement in Oregon, 1911-1918, Jodi Hammond
Towards Comparative Profiling of Parallel Applications with PPerfDB, Christian Leland Hansen
Special Focus Programs, Magnet Programs and Schools, and Early Childhood Education Centers: Equal Access in Portland Public School's Elementary Options, Nancy Seidule Hauth
Multiple Project Management, Valentin Havugiyaremye, Avnish Chauhan, Valluri Sundarnath, Lin Hung-Hui, Huang Chengchu, and Kumite Rizwan