Inside the organizational learning curve: Understanding the organizational learning process

Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-103

  Lapré, Michael A ^a   Nembhard, Ingrid M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC WORLD; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; INTEGRATING RESEARCH; LEARNING CURVES; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959206942     PISSN: 15719545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0200000023     Document Type: Article

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