Closing the circle: the knowledge management spiral of project management

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 423-441

  Jugdev, Kam ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; empirical study; knowledge sharing spiral; project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349095292     PISSN: 17438268     EISSN: 17438276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2007.012533     Document Type: Article

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