Revealing performance heterogeneity through knowledge management maturity evaluation: A capability-based approach

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 13523-13539

  Chen, Le ^a   Fong, Patrick S W ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bench marking; Dynamic capability; Knowledge management; Performance evaluation; Performance heterogeneity; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY PHASE; HONG-KONG; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE; KNOWLEDGE PROCESS; MARKET NEEDS; MATURITY MODEL; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE HETEROGENEITY; RESEARCH DESIGNS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE; STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES; STUDY DESIGN;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DYNAMICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; VARACTORS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84865266136     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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