The organizational learning curve

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1375-1384

  Fioretti, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Huberman; Learning by doing; Learning curve; Organizational learning; Progress curve

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LEARNING CURVE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PROGRESS CURVE;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33750714753     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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