General perspectives on knowledge management: Fostering a research agenda

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-21

  Grover, Varun ^b   Davenport, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Information technology; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Knowledge market; Knowledge process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034894493     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2001.11045672     Document Type: Article

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