Knowledge management in Iran aerospace industries: A study on critical factors

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-389

  Jafari, Mostafa ^a   Akhavan, Peyman ^a   Rezaee, Jalal Rezaee ^a   Fesharaki, Mehdi N ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Factor analysis; Iran; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; IRAN AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION (CO); REGRESSION MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY;

EID: 34447337718     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660710758240     Document Type: Review

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