Knowledge Management Processes and International Joint Ventures

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 454-468

  Inkpen, Andrew C ^a   Dinur, Adva ^b  

^a Banner Thunderbird Medical Center   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint Ventures and Alliances, Tacit Knowledge; Knowledge Management Processes; Organizational Knowledge, Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032335251     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.4.454     Document Type: Article

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