Role of IT and KM in improving project management performance

VINE

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-369

  Anantatmula, Vittal ^a   Kanungo, Shivraj ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Knowledge management; Project management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES; SHARED MENTAL MODEL;

COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 52249122646     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03055720810904862     Document Type: Article

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