Knowledge management, organisational learning and memory in UK retail network planning

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-170

  Wood, Steve ^a   Reynolds, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expert knowledge; quantitative modeling; retail site selection; sales forecasting

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MARKETING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETAILING; SITE SELECTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857175231     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2011.614340     Document Type: Review

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