Knowledge transfer among projects using a learn-forget model

Learning Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-194

  Oya, I Tukel ^a   Walter, O Rom ^a   Kremic, Tibor ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Learning; Learning curves; Projects management

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749083318     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470810852339     Document Type: Article

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