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Chapter 15 - REAL Knowledge at NASA

A Knowledge Services Model for the Modern Project Environment

from Part III - People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

Shankar Sankaran
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney
Ralf Müller
Affiliation:
BI Norwegian Business School
Nathalie Drouin
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Montréal
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