An empirical evaluation of knowledge transfer mechanisms for it projects

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 112-119

  Karlsen, Jan Terje ^a   Gottschalk, Petter ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

IT projects; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer mechanisms; Project success factors; Survey

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DATA REDUCTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0242497924     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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