Organizational learning as a determining factor in business performance

The Learning Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-245

  López, Susana Pérez ^a   Peón, José Manuel Montes ^a   Ordás, Camilo José Vazquez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business performance; Innovation; Learning organizations; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344374372     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470510592494     Document Type: Article

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