Optimizing competence management processes: A case study in the aerospace industry

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-314

  Corallo, Angelo ^a   Lazoi, Mariangela ^a   Margherita, Alessandro ^a   Scalvenzi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerospace industry; Competences; Italy; Knowledge management; Knowledge management systems; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951603371     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151011035615     Document Type: Article

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