From here to eternity?: The practice of knowledge transfer in dispersed and co-located project organizations

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-851

  Sapsed, Jonathan ^a,b   Gann, David ^b   Marshall, Nick ^a   Salter, Ammon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 23844440202     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500187938     Document Type: Article

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