Memory objects in project environments: Storing, retrieving and adapting learning in project-based firms

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1591-1601

  Cacciatori, Eugenia ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Boundary objects; Construction industry; Organizational memory; Project based organizing

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; SPREADSHEETS;

ARTIFACTS; BOUNDARY OBJECTS; CASE STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISTRIBUTED MEMORIES; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY; PROJECT-BASED FIRMS; PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING; TRANSFER OF LEARNING;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 50649094931     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.04.028     Document Type: Article

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