Knowledge management practices in facilities organisations: a case study

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-22

  Pathirage, Chaminda ^a   Haigh, Richard ^a   Amaratunga, Dilanthi ^a   Baldry, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilities; Intellectual capital; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650237614     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725960810847431     Document Type: Article

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