Organizational learning: From experience to knowledge

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1123-1137

  Argote, Linda ^a   Miron Spektor, Ella ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creativity; Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Learning curves; Organizational learning; Organizational memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052311281     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0621     Document Type: Article

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