Identifying organizational competencies in project oriented companies: An evolutionary approach

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2008 - Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 547-555

  Zoiopoulos, Ioannis I ^a   Morris, Peter W G ^a   Smyth, Hedley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Competencies; Evolutionary profiling; Organizational level core competencies; Project oriented company

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITIES; COMPETENCIES; CORE COMPETENCIES; EVOLUTIONARY PROFILING; PROJECT-ORIENTED COMPANIES;

INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861154243     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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