Knowledge management practices in large construction organisations

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-445

  Robinson, Herbert S ^a   Carrillo, Patricia M ^b   Anumba, Chimay J ^b   Al Ghassani, Ahmed M ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AL MUSANNA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Construction industry; Knowledge management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; CASE STUDY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM (UK);

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 25444476076     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980510627135     Document Type: Article

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