Relating, reflecting and routinizing: Developing project competence in cooperation with others

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-526

  Söderlund, Jonas ^a,b   Vaagaasar, Anne Live ^a   Andersen, Erling S ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Competence; Project management; Projects; Reflecting; Relating; Routinizing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CAPABILITY BUILDING; ELSEVIER (CO); IN DEPTH STUDIES; LEARNING MECHANISMS; RESOURCE BASE;

MECHANISMS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 47249110174     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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