Electronic document management in temporary project organisations: Construction industry experiences

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 644-655

  Björk, Bo Christer ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Document managment; Electronic document delivery; Project work

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; METADATA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT (EDM) SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FOLDER STRUCTURES; PROJECT WORK;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751402159     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610716144     Document Type: Article

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