Learning capabilities in organizational networks: Case studies of six construction projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 957-966

  Styhre, Alexander ^a   Josephson, Per Erik ^a   Knauseder, Ingeborg ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction project; Networks; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 10344239903     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000241417     Document Type: Article

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