Managing knowledge: Lessons from the oil and gas sector

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 631-642

  Carrillo, Patricia ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Knowledge management; Oil and gas sector

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; GAS INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CANADIAN OIL AND GAS ORGANIZATIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM);

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GAS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE; OIL INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4043069358     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000226289     Document Type: Article

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