Organisational learning, competencies, and firm performance: Empirical observations

The Learning Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 305-316

  Murray, Peter ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84986173885     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470310486656     Document Type: Article

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