Integrated use of technologies and techniques for construction knowledge management

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-311

  Ruikar, Kirti ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^a   Egbu, Charles ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; KM techniques; KM technologies; Knowledge management; U.K. construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148971255     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500154     Document Type: Article

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