Financial Risk and the Need for Superior Knowledge Management

California Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 77-101

  Marshall, Chris ^a   Prusak, Larry ^a   Shpilberg, David ^a  

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EID: 0030528046     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: 21628564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41165844     Document Type: Article

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