Who needs to know what? Institutional knowledge and global projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 546-557

  Javernick Will, Amy N ^a   Scott, W Richard ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Construction management; Engineering; Infrastructure; Institutional knowledge; Institutional theory; International business; International development; Knowledge management; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77949770031     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000035     Document Type: Article

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