Building benchmarking competence through knowledge management capability - An empirical study of the Kuwaiti context

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-80

  Al Athari, Ahmad ^a   Zairi, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee development; Knowledge management; Kuwait; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744512911     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770110383489     Document Type: Article

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