Quantifying benefits of knowledge management system - A case study of an engineering consulting firm

2006 Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Robotics and Automation in Construction, ISARC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 124-129

  Yu, Wen Der ^a   Chang, Pei Lun ^a   Liu, Shen Jung ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Business and Research   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benefits; Engineering consultant; Knowledge management; Quantification

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COST; BENEFITS; COST BENEFITS; ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS; ENGINEERING CONSULTING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE MODELS;

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RESEARCH;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84861537454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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