Developing new knowledge in collaborative relationships in megaproject alliances: Organising reflection in the Dutch construction sector

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-232

  Veenswijk, Marcel ^a   Van Marrewijk, Alfons ^a   Boersma, Kees ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Communities of practice; CoP; Innovation; Megaprojects; Organisational culture; Project based learning; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549199343     PISSN: 17438268     EISSN: 17438276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKMS.2010.030793     Document Type: Article

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