Inter-project learning: Processes and outcomes of knowledge codification in project-based firms

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1373-1394

  Prencipe, Andrea ^a   Tell, Fredrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Codified knowledge; Firm; Organisational learning; Project based firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035625069     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00157-3     Document Type: Article

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