Benchmarking the knowledge management practices of construction firms

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-344

  Kale, Serdar ^a   Karaman, A Erkan ^b  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

benchmarking; construction firms; construction management; importance performance analysis; knowledge management; performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION; IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; MANAGERIAL ACTIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; VISUAL TOOLS;

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84865740324     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.698910     Document Type: Article

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