Organisational learning and innovation in the construction industry

The Learning Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 174-184

  Vakola, Maria ^a   Rezgui, Yacine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Evaluation; Innovation; Organizational change; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132547     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470010342324     Document Type: Article

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