The integration of human relationships in capital development projects: A case study of BSF scheme

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-494

  Henry Ndoni, Doubra ^a   Elhag, Taha M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Learning; Networking; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868301883     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371011056093     Document Type: Article

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