Contribution of knowledge management activities to organisational business performance

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-285

  Chen, Le ^a   Mohamed, Sherif ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Construction industry; Knowledge management; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SCORECARDS; BUSINESS OBJECTIVES; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; BUSINESS STRATEGY; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; HONG-KONG; KM STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; LEADING INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 78651097746     PISSN: 17260531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17260530810918289     Document Type: Article

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