Recursive view of the project-based companies' knowledge production

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-268

  Koskinen, Kaj U ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Knowledge management; Memory; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952138671     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011032391     Document Type: Article

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