Relationship between organisational learning and organisational performance: The case of Croatia

Transformations in Business and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 32-48

  Hernaus, Tomislav ^a   Škerlavaj, Miha ^b   Dimovski, Vlado ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Organisational learning; Organisational performance; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149098584     PISSN: 16484460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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