Organizational learning, knowledge and technology transfer: a case study

The Learning Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-83

  Daghfous, Abdelkader ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Accreditation of prior learning; Case studies; Information transfer; Organizational development; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993057985     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470410515733     Document Type: Article

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