Activity-specificity in organizational learning: Implications for analysing the role of proximity

GeoJournal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-372

  Oinas, P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity; Competence; Organizational learning; Proximity

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033298514     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007184012189     Document Type: Article

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